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Tile with grapes and vine leaves, Syrian, late 16th century. Ceramic. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums, 1985.279.
Curator Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım will explore Syrian artworks from the Harvard Art Museums collections.
Join curator Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım for an exploration of Islamic-era Syrian objects from our permanent collections. At the start of the session, Yoltar-Yıldırım will lead a brief discussion of coins, ceramics, and tiles from Umayyad, Abbasid, Ayyubid, and Ottoman periods in Syria.
Led by:
Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art
ADMISSION INFO
Free admission, but registration is required. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning on Monday, April 8
Website: https://bit.ly/4as8JTN
Additional time info:
A repeat of this seminar will be held at 11am.
This close-looking session is one of three events related to the 2024 Norma Jean Calderwood Lecture at the Harvard Art Museums, featuring an artist talk by Mohamad Hafez, “Preserving Memory and Loss” on April 17. Please see the lecture listing for more information about the related programming.
