Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (1876- ) in South Hadley, Massachusetts
is located on the Mount Holyoke College
campus and is a member of Museums10
. It is one of the oldest "teaching museums" in the country, "dedicated to providing firsthand experience with works of significant aesthetic and cultural value" http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/artmuseum/general_info.html. The works in the Museum's collection can be searched on the database maintained by the Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield
.http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/main.php?module=objects
Working in conjunction with the Five college museums
, its collection includes contemporary works from Asia
, Europe
, the United States
as well as classical Egypt
ian, Greek
, and Roman
works. Other periods include Medieval and Renaissance
art http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/artmuseum/collection.html. The collection was inaugurated by the purchase of Albert Bierstadt's
Hetch Hetchy Canyon (Oil, 1875) by Mrs. A. L. Williston and Mrs. E. H. Sawyer in 1876.
""It is our hope that this fine painting as one expression of the best in American Art, will prove an inspiration to your pupils, and that Holyoke will long continue to offer opportunities for the highest culture."" - Mrs. A. L. Williston & Mrs. E. H. Sawyer
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
is located on the Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
campus and is a member of Museums10
Museums10
Museums10 is a consortium of art, science, and history museums in Western Massachusetts. It is composed of museums from the Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield.-Art museums:*The Mead Art Museum...
. It is one of the oldest "teaching museums" in the country, "dedicated to providing firsthand experience with works of significant aesthetic and cultural value" http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/artmuseum/general_info.html. The works in the Museum's collection can be searched on the database maintained by the Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield
Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield
The Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield is a consortium of museums in Western Massachusetts and includes art museums which are part of the Five Colleges as well as Historic Deerfield. The Five College Museums maintains a searchable database of the collections of the museums that is among the...
.http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/main.php?module=objects
Working in conjunction with the Five college museums
Five Colleges (Massachusetts)
The Five Colleges comprises four liberal arts colleges and one university in the Connecticut River Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, totaling approximately 28,000 students. The schools belong to a consortium called Five Colleges, Incorporated, established in 1965...
, its collection includes contemporary works from Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as well as classical Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian, Greek
Art in Ancient Greece
The arts of ancient Greece have exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries all over the world, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models...
, and Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
works. Other periods include Medieval and Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
art http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/artmuseum/collection.html. The collection was inaugurated by the purchase of Albert Bierstadt's
Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt was a German-American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion...
Hetch Hetchy Canyon (Oil, 1875) by Mrs. A. L. Williston and Mrs. E. H. Sawyer in 1876.
""It is our hope that this fine painting as one expression of the best in American Art, will prove an inspiration to your pupils, and that Holyoke will long continue to offer opportunities for the highest culture."" - Mrs. A. L. Williston & Mrs. E. H. Sawyer
See also
- List of Museums in the United States