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Most comprehensive guidebook in
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Art Tours by Dianne Durante
Tour 1: The History of Sculpture,
3000 B.C. to A.D. 1900:
A Walking Tour at the Metropolitan Museum
Approximately 2 1/2 to 3
hours
$25 lecture fee - 2 for $40
(click here for other tours)
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TO SAMPLE MP3 segment
(6 mins., 2.6 MB)
Upcoming
tours
Thursday July 3, 9:45 a.m. (email
to register)
Please email forgottendeli@earthlink.net for future dates, probably in the Fall 2008.
PLEASE NOTE:
You must register
at least a day in advance
if you plan to attend,
since the Museum requires advance notification of group visits.
After you register, you will be told where the group will meet.
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Since sculpture is designed to be seen in the round, what better way to learn the history of sculpture than on a tour? This historical survey is based on works in the remarkable collection of the Metropolitan Museum, so that you can walk around each work as you learn its significance.
In the span of 2.5 to 3 hours (including a break), this course will give you an overview of major innovations in the history of Western sculpture, from Ancient Mesopotamia to 19th-c. France. You'll gain an appreciation of the brilliant sculptors who achieved this progress. Incidentally, once the tour is finished you'll also be able to recognize works from every major period.
In the course of the tour, we'll address questions such as: What promotes innovation, and what stifles it? How can you remember what a work of art looks like once you've walked into another gallery? How can you tell that an innovator has been at work, even if his original works are lost?
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I wanted to thank you so much
for the wonderful sculpture tour at MMA last week. The
information was presented so interestingly and concisely for
someone like me, who is anything but an art expert. The
fact that I remember everything so well, even now, is
evidence of the effectiveness and ease of your
presentation. The next time I view sculpture, I will be
looking at it with much more enjoyment and appreciation. I
look forward to more tours with you. -- P.K.,
New York, NY I thoroughly enjoyed your time-travel tour of sculpture at the Met. Moving from Mesopotamian to modern times on a carefully planned route in three hours helped me to see similarities and differences that would have been blurred if covered in a series of classes or a book. Navigating the Met can be annoying, but you made it an exciting search for treasure, some of which I fear I would never have found on my own. ... A perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. -- Eric Kalin, Morristown, NJ |
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Among the
works surveyed:
Copper
head of an Akkadian ruler, ca. 2300 B.C.
New
York Kouros,
ca. 590-580 B.C.
Wounded Amazon,
copy of an original of ca. 450-425 B.C.
Emperor Trebonianus Gallus,
251-253 B.C.
Romanesque crucifixion, ca. 1180-1230
Fountain figure after Donatello, ca. 1400
Bernini,
Faun Teased by Children, ca. 1616-1617
Clodion,
Balloon Monument, 1784
Carpeaux,
Ugolino, 1857-1860
Rodin,
Walking Man, modeled before 1900
The lecture fee of $25 (2 for $40) is payable in cash at the beginning of the lecture, and does not include the donation for admission to the Museum. Those who attend a second time pay only $15 lecture fee. Tours are subject to cancellation due to low registration. Private tours and rates for groups of more than ten can be arranged.
Dr. Dianne Durante is the author of Outdoor Monuments of Manhattan: A Historical Guide (New York University Press, 2007) and the creator of the website www.ForgottenDelights.com, dedicated to outdoor representational sculpture in New York. She is a freelance writer and lecturer.
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