RELATED EVENTS
OPENING LECTURE: PRINTED RENAISSANCE
Saturday, July 29, 11 am
How do we remember the arts of the Italian Renaissance? Why have we become intimately familiar with the names and works of such creative figures as Raphael and Michelangelo? Since the late 1400s, the new medium of printmaking fundamentally changed the way artistic images multiplied and circulated in European society. Prints that copy famous paintings were repeatedly made, sold, and collected through the centuries. Yuefeng Wu, graduate student curator of Printed Renaissance, shows how the practice of print reproduction shaped and created the history of Renaissance painting in this opening lecture.
Free.
WORKS ON PAPER HIGHLIGHTS TALK: ANOTHER PRINTED RENAISSANCE—NORTHERN MASTERS
Wednesday, August 9, 1 pm
In conjunction with the Clark's summer works on paper exhibition, Printed Renaissance, Curatorial Assistant for Paintings and Sculpture Sophie Kerwin offers a Northern counterpart to the story of the reproductive print in Southern Europe, discussing the role of reproductive prints in establishing the reputation of Northern masters like Albrecht Dürer and Peter Paul Rubens.
Free. Capacity is limited.
WORKS ON PAPER HIGHLIGHTS TALK: SECRETS FROM THE PRESS
Wednesday, August 23, 1 pm
Acquired just last year, Jan van der Straet’s major print The Invention of Copper Engraving transports the viewer to sixteenth-century Europe to stand alongside master printmakers and their apprentices in a bustling workshop. Focusing on this celebrated engraving, Curatorial Assistant for Works on Paper Allison Marino reveals lesser-known facts about the early modern printer’s workshop, from the roots of present day copyright in Dürer’s legal battle for his monogram, to the central presence of female printers in eighteenth-century workshops.
Free and open to the public; capacity is limited to twenty visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.
DRAWING CLOSER: RENAISSANCE FIGURE DRAWING
Friday, October 13, 10:30 am
The Manton Study Center for Works on Paper welcomes artists of all experience and skill levels to work closely after thematic selections from the Clark’s collection of works on paper. In conjunction with the Printed Renaissance exhibition, October’s theme, “Renaissance Figure Drawing,” features prints and drawings by the Old Masters and their contemporaries that focus on anatomy, musculature, and pose. Enjoy an open session to participate in the tradition of copying earlier artworks or choose to practice fundamentals and explore ideas.
Basic materials are provided. Artists bringing their own supplies should note that only graphite pencils are allowed in the Study Center.
Free. Advance registration required; capacity is limited.
LECTURE: THE NEW WORLD OF EUROPEAN PRINTS
Sunday, October 15, 1 pm
Five centuries before photography, printmaking fundamentally transformed western art. In this lecture, art historian Alex Nagel examines how prints set in motion a new way of thinking about images as media, continually bringing image-making back to its fundamentals: lines on surfaces. Prints made images move like never before, launching new forms of fame, sparking viral memes, and building shared imaginaries. Prints reconfigured all other visual art media into a system, making it possible to imagine a history of art.
Free.