| Jan/06 | Wed | 04:45PM-05:45PM | Museum of Fine Arts, Bring your MIT ID |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 10 participants
Prereq: None
Some of New England’s greatest artists have sought meaning and inspiration by observing the ocean. Join MIT historian Christopher Capozzola on a tour and discussion of some of the MFA’s most compelling images of Americans at sea. Rather than trying to see the entire museum, our visit will spend about an hour looking in depth at just three paintings: John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark (1778); Fitz Henry Lane, Boston Harbor (c. 1850); and Winslow Homer, The Fog Warning (1885). No background knowledge is needed, but come ready to look and talk.
*Meet at 4:45pm inside the MFA's Huntington Ave. entrance.
Students with MIT ID get in museum for free. The MFA charges a pay-what-you-wish admission fee after 4:00pm on Wednesdays.
Sponsor(s): History
Contact: Prof. Christopher Capozzola, E51-284, (617) 452-4960, capozzol@mit.edu