Works on Paper Highlights Talk: Views of Venice
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
1:00 PM–1:30 PM
Manton Study Center for Works on Paper
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The iconic architecture of Venice has captured the imagination of artists and aesthetes for centuries. In the final presentation of this summer's Works on Paper Highlights Talks, William Satloff, graduate intern in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, highlights prints of Venice’s Piazza San Marco by American and British artists (1900–1930) and discusses the Renaissance architecture of that site.
Visit the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, which houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,500 prints, drawings, and photographs. Each week, discover a unique selection of rarely exhibited works on paper with a member of the curatorial department. Offered Wednesdays in August from 1–1:30 pm.
Topics and presenters include:
August 7: "Many Happy Returns!" with Alexis Goodin, associate curator
August 14: "Curator’s Choice" with Esther Bell, deputy director and Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator
August 21: "Edgar Degas Bonus Selection" with Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
August 28: "Views of Venice" with William Satloff, graduate intern in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper
Free. Capacity is limited. Seating is first-come, first-served.
The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper is located next to the Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition in the Manton Research Center.
Image: William Walcot, The Library of St. Mark's, Venice (detail), 1920, etching and drypoint on wove paper. The Clark, gift of George and Barbara Cash in appreciation to the Director and Faculty of the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art, 1991.73
Visit the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, which houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,500 prints, drawings, and photographs. Each week, discover a unique selection of rarely exhibited works on paper with a member of the curatorial department. Offered Wednesdays in August from 1–1:30 pm.
Topics and presenters include:
August 7: "Many Happy Returns!" with Alexis Goodin, associate curator
August 14: "Curator’s Choice" with Esther Bell, deputy director and Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator
August 21: "Edgar Degas Bonus Selection" with Anne Leonard, Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
August 28: "Views of Venice" with William Satloff, graduate intern in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper
Free. Capacity is limited. Seating is first-come, first-served.
The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper is located next to the Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism exhibition in the Manton Research Center.
Image: William Walcot, The Library of St. Mark's, Venice (detail), 1920, etching and drypoint on wove paper. The Clark, gift of George and Barbara Cash in appreciation to the Director and Faculty of the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art, 1991.73
