History of Art and Architecture

Students visit the Old Burial Ground near Harvard Square to learn about early American gravestones and the cultural and artistic traditions that affected them. Goals: Students will learn about the religious purposes and meanings of the visual features and...

Each week in "Pathways through the Andes," students examine and discuss 10-15 objects from the collection of the Harvard Peabody Museum. Students complete assigned readings on the various kinds of artifacts before their section meets in the object study...