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Virtual Student Guide Tour: Nostos and Nostalgia, with Laura Murphy

In this photomontage, a smiling young woman in a pink sweater and a white shirt stands in front of a clapboard-sided house pointing toward what appear to be several colorful fans floating in the air. Each fan is ornately decorated with various nature scenes with flowers.
Laura Murphy will discuss a group of fans painted by Suzuki Kiitsu on her tour. Photomontage by Alexis Boo ’22.

Tour

Laura Murphy ’22 will delve into ideas of home, memory, and longing in this journey through the collections. She will look at a few works that evoke the natural beauty of a pre-industrial era, including Claude Monet’s painting Red Boats, Argenteuil, a Tiffany vase, and a group of fans from Edo period Japan painted by Suzuki Kiitsu.

This interactive tour will take place online via Zoom. To join, click the following link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96939074978 (free admission; no pre-registration required).

Virtual Student Guide Tours offer a chance to explore the collections of the Harvard Art Museums through the eyes of a Harvard student. Each tour is unique, so drop in and join the conversation!

Read these instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom. For general questions about Student Guide Tours, email am_register@harvard.edu.

This program is supported by the Ho Family Student Guide Fund.

The Ho Family Student Guide Program at the Harvard Art Museums trains students to develop original, research-based tours of the collections. These tours, designed and led by Harvard undergraduates from a range of academic disciplines, focus on objects chosen by each Student Guide and offer a unique, thematic view into the collections.