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  • 10/21 Benton: Critical Looking - Virtual

    Critical Looking: A Gallery Dialogue

    Wednesday, October 21, 2020
    12:15pm – 12:45pm

    Tap your powers of observation and investigate a single work of art through close looking and discussion with Amanda Douberley, Assistant Curator/Academic Liaison.

    This Wednesday’s subject is a pair of paintings by Angelica Kauffmann showing scenes from Homer’s Odyssey.

    Image Credit:  Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), Left: Penelope Weeping Over the Bow of Ulysses; Right: Calypso Mourning Over the Departure of Ulysses (details), c. 1779, Louise Crombie Beach Memorial Fund.

    Offered via Zoom Meetings – registration is required and space is limited.

    Register in advance for this program here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEocuirqzkjGdNYoDYdEQI1-rLVokMWcMgm

    Your registration will be approved if space is available. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting or put on a wait list.

    THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
    University of Connecticut
    School of Fine Arts
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    Storrs, CT

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