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Building the Harvard Art Museums: The Tradesmen’s Perspective
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 12:19 “The saying used to be: take it easy, you’re not building a museum. But this time we are.” That was the way Pete Caratelli put it when I asked him what was different about the Harvard Art Museums building project. Read More…
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Reimagining Collections Data
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 11:51 Not too long ago, Jeff Steward set out to answer a question: How can data be visually rendered to reveal different types of collections activity over time? Solving complexities like this one—or, as Jeff describes it, “doing good things with interesting data”—is all in a day’s work when Read More…
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The DSM and the Mind
This week marks the publication of the much anticipated—and much maligned—DSM-5, the latest full revision to psychiatry’s diagnostic handbook. Each new iteration of the DSM alters the official stance on so many conditions that discussion often centers on the introduction... Read More…
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Connecting with Classrooms
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 08:48 Most people who come to the Harvard Art Museums to view a Rembrandt painting are hoping to look at the front of the work, to admire the artist’s composition. Full story Read More…
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Former Extension Student Discusses His Novels and Writing
Steve Ulfelder, a former Extension student, published his third book. Read More…
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Tchotchkes from the underground
Playwright Jonathan Tolins '88 assumed his play about a certain superstar would never get produced. Surprise: It's the sleeper hit of the season. Read More…
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Uncovering New Ground in the Wertheim Collection
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:46 Before Maurice Wertheim (1886–1950) started collecting art, he had already established a successful investment firm, bought the flailing magazine The Nation, founded the New York Theatre Guild, and pursued his love of chess. Read More…
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Gregory Nagy shares how studying the classics can give you a better understanding of humanism. Read More…
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Assessment of the Moche Archive at Dumbarton Oaks
Written by Lisa Trever, Tyler Fellow in Pre-Columbian Studies PhD in History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University The Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) at Dumbarton Oaks is the new home of the Christopher B. Donnan and Donna McClelland Moche Archive, 1968–2010. The archive was given to the institution by Dr. Read More…
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