Event

Idols and Icons

Saturday February 22, 2020
1:30 pm to 1:30 pm

Art Museum Galleries

L: Unknown (Chinese), Guanyin, 960-1368; R: Daniel Seiter (Austrian, 1649-1705), Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene (detail), ca. 1680

Laura Shea – VIEW OBJECT DETAILS (LEFT, RIGHT)

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Maggie Kamb ’21, Student Guide

How do we depict deities and idols? What qualities do we associate with them, and how are these qualities represented visually? Crossing geographic boundaries and various mediums, this tour will examine art from the Renaissance to the contemporary, looking at how figures are glorified and worshipped through the visual arts.

All Sightlines Tours last 30-45 minutes