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Wellesley brings Rome to the Davis

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Davis Museum at Wellesley College has an extraordinarily unique collection of work, and hosts exhibits on everything from the modern Bauhaus aesthetic to the Medici’s court painter. Currently on view is a collection of prints, drawn from the Davis collections, showcasing the work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, one...
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Davis offers first American look at Medici artist

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Medici family’s name is ubiquitous in history classes. The Italian family had economic, social, and artistic influences throughout their time of power in history. Carlo Dolci, a painter who found favor with the Medicis, earning him patronage, is one of the important historical figures that came to notoriety...
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Davis Museum offers insight into modernism

By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Davis Museum at Wellesley College is currently focused on the introduction and integration of modernism into the United States after World War I. Their exhibit, titled “Partners in Design,” chronicles the first head of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, who helped define how the United States thinks...
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