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Some rainy day take the time to explore Harvard's museums. While the Fogg Art Museum does not quite rival Boston's Museum of Fine Arts in terms of size or scope, it still has its own special charm. The Fogg's travertine courtyard is modeled after an Italian Renaissance palace...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Learning Outside the Harvard Classroom | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...concrete posts in front of Sackler are not products of Le Corbusier's fascination with basic geometric forms (that's the Carpenter Center, remember). They are portions of a never-built overpass that would have connected Sackler to the Fogg. Since the Cambridge City Council nixed the plan, you will have to risk your life crossing Broadway, one of several streets in Cambridge where drivers have no concept of the the speed limit...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: Learning Outside the Harvard Classroom | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...those people who have convinced themselves that art is more often frivolous than substantial, the latest exhibit of American art, on display in the Fogg Art Museum second-floor gallery, could force them to re-evaluate those conceptions...

Author: By Angela S. Lee, | Title: American Integrity | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

Even the most cynical of critics will admit that the American show lacks the pretentious atmosphere of many others. The exhibit of more than forty works from the Fogg's permanent collection pays tribute to simplicity and understatement--it neither confuses nor intimidates the greenest of museumgoers...

Author: By Angela S. Lee, | Title: American Integrity | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

...exhibit, on display through May 6, is a unique opportunity. The Fogg's collection is so extensive that many of its master works have never been displayed before, and some of the American paintings shown now might later be stored or lent. Museum-goers who appreciate artistic honesty and integrity should visit the Fogg before these exemplar pieces are whisked away from view...

Author: By Angela S. Lee, | Title: American Integrity | 4/20/1990 | See Source »

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