the Harvard Art Museum has the largest university art collection in the United States
Hanfmann Curator of Ancient Art and head of the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at the Harvard Art Museums
326 color & b/w illustrations
The exhibition Crossroads: Drawing the Dutch Landscape is on view at the Harvard Art Museums from May 21 through August 14
It has particular strength in illustrations of the greatest epic poem in the Persian language
From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon the Harvard Art Museum hasVirginia L. Bower, Robert D. Mowry Published in 2002 ISBN 1 891771 25 6 160 pages; 8 3 4x12 in. 80 color illustrations Paper During the Chinese Han (206 BCAD 220) and Tang (AD 618907) dynasties, earthenware sculptures were placed in elaborate tombs to protect and serve the spirits of the deceased. These fascinating sculptures took the forms of soldiers, courtiers, musicians, merchants, and attendants. Animals were depicted as well, among them horses,