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Springtime at the Art Museum |
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 It's officially spring, and the weekend promises to feel like it too! A stroll across the Princeton campus and a visit to the Art Museum is just the ticket to celebrate the new season. With five exhibitions currently on view, including the breathtaking Architecture as Icon: Perception and Representation of Architecture in Byzantine Art, as well as our newly renovated galleries of Medieval, Byzantine, and Islamic art, the Museum is bursting with new things to explore! |
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 A Collector's Legacy: Gifts from
Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008)
On view through June 13
Joseph McCrindle--founder of the legendary Transatlantic Review--was for many years a generous benefactor to the Princeton University Art Museum. At his death in 2008, he bequeathed to the Museum both an important collection of European drawings and an endowment supporting student internships. In honor of a lifetime of giving, a selection of his gifts--including a Netherlandish panel painting by Joos van Cleve--are now on view in the Museum's European galleries.
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 Mistress of the Arts: Music and Dance in
Madame de Pompadour's Versailles
Friday, April 16, 8 p.m.
Art Museum Galleries
In conjunction with the exhibition A Royal Commission: François Boucher's Water and Earth Reunited, the Princeton University Art Museum, in partnership with the Princeton University Department of Music, is pleased to present excerpts from Les Élémens (The Elements), an opera-ballet composed in 1721. This unique presentation will combine music, singing, and dance, to recreate Madame de Pompadour's starring role in a performance for King Louis XV of France. With music directed by violinist Nancy Wilson and French baroque dance choreographed and performed by Caroline Copeland and Carlos Fittante, the project is directed by Wendy Heller, professor of music.
Admission is free, but reservations are required. Please contact the Art Museum at (609) 258-1860 if you would like to attend. |
 Meditation with Jayadeva
Thursday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.
Art Museum Galleries
This Thursday, put your cares aside and experience the serenity of yogic-based meditation. Led by Jayadeva, director and founder of the Integral Yoga Institute of Princeton, the evening will focus on structured open meditation and the importance of pranayama (breathing), all while surrounded by the beauty of the Museum's Asian art galleries. Beginners are welcome, and mats will be provided. |
 Rock Cairns
Inspired by the artistry of natural stone piles from all over the world, these sculptural pieces embrace the enduring power of tranquility found in many cultures and faith practices. Bring home your own sculpture and create a unique arrangement of these beautiful forms.
Retail from $19.95-$29.95
Friends member $17.95-$26.95
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Image credits, top to bottom:
Princeton University Art Museum
Photo: Bruce M. White
French, possibly Bourges
Grisaille lancet head, ca. 1280
Pot metal and white glass, 51.0 x 54.0 cm.
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906, for the Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection
[y1943-65] Photo: Bruce M. White
Joos van Cleve, Flemish, ca. 1485-1540/41.
Saint Jerome in His Study, 1528.
Oil on wood panel, 39.7 x 28.8 cm.
Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle
[y1982-76]
Photo: Bruce M. White
François Boucher, French, 1703-1770
Vertumnus and Pomona, 1749
Oil on canvas, 86.8 x 136.2 cm.
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio: Museum Purchase, Derby Fund (1980.027)
Chinese, Southern Song dynasty, 1127-1279
Guanyin seated in royal-ease pose, ca. 1250
Wood with traces of blue-green, red, and gold pigments on white clay underlayer with relief designs, h. 110.0 cm.
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection
[y1950-66]
Photo: Bruce M. White
Reproduction of these images is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission from the copyright holder. © 2010 Princeton University Art Museum. All rights reserved. | |
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