The following paper was researched, written, and presented as a public lecture by Carolina McGarity ’17, the museum’s 2014-2015 Robert F. Reiff Curatorial Intern. Introduction In his Portrait of a Man, [fig. 1] Govaert Flinck uses very Rembrandtesque elements and … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Portrait of a Man: Govaert Flinck and the Rembrandt School
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Fabergé: The Social and Political Implications of Russian Decorative Arts
The Middlebury College Museum of Art possesses a remarkable collection of Russian artifacts and family keepsakes made by the firm of the famous jeweler, Carl Fabergé. This essay by Adrian Kerester ’15, adapted from her April 2013 lecture and reproduced here with permission, explores Russia’s social history at the turn of the last century through an examination of and conversation surrounding Russian decorative arts and the culture of Russia’s ruling aristocracy. Continue reading →…Continue Reading Fabergé: The Social and Political Implications of Russian Decorative Arts
Four Minute Warning to Quilted Destruction
During the 2010–2011 academic year Mica Schlosser ’13 approached the museum with a request that caught my attention. She was hoping to study a photograph in our collection—a gelatin silver print of an Atomic Bomb Explosion by Harold Edgerton from … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Four Minute Warning to Quilted Destruction
The Big Idea
A new concept in fund-raising gives student projects the boost they need to go from idea to reality and brings new donors to Middlebury….Continue Reading The Big Idea