News
‘Deal with the Devil’: Harvard Medical School Faculty Grapple with Increased Industry Research Funding
News
As Dean Long’s Departure Looms, Harvard President Garber To Appoint Interim HGSE Dean
News
Harvard Students Rally in Solidarity with Pro-Palestine MIT Encampment Amid National Campus Turmoil
News
Attorneys Present Closing Arguments in Wrongful Death Trial Against CAMHS Employee
News
Harvard President Garber Declines To Rule Out Police Response To Campus Protests
Professor Putnam lectured last evening in the Fogg Museum on "The Ethnic Significance of Conventionalism and Symbolism in Ancient American Art." He traced by means of illustrations the gradual development from realism to conventionalism and symbolism in the carvings left by the savage peoples. By means of following this development, said Professor Putnam, we have a chance to study the beginings of art till we get into the pure idealism which the old classics have given us.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.