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Virtual Student Guide Tour: Renée Sintenis’s Daphne: The Maker and the Myth, with Mei Tercek and Sophia Mautz

In this photomontage, two young women pose against a white textured wall, gesturing at a bronze sculpture that appears to float between them. The sculpture is of a woman with her arms raised gesturally above her head, her hands bent at the wrists.
Sophia Mautz and Mei Tercek will discuss the bronze sculpture Daphne, by Renée Sintenis. Photomontage courtesy of Alexis Boo ’22.

Tour

Sophia Mautz ’21 and Mei Tercek ’21 talk with each other about one of their favorite works of art: Renée Sintenis’s bronze sculpture of the nymph Daphne, which was cast in Berlin in 1930. Sophia has featured it in her tour about the construction of feminine beauty, and Mei talked about it in her tour focused on the creative power of decay. Their conversation will touch on the sculptor’s relationship to German Expressionism, literary interpretations of the Daphne myth, and their personal connections to the work.

This interactive tour will take place online via Zoom. To join, click the following link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94915659460 (free admission; no pre-registration required).

Virtual Student Guide Tours take place every Thursday at 8pm and every Saturday at 11am on Zoom. Each tour is unique and offers a chance to explore the collections of the Harvard Art Museums through the eyes of a Harvard student. Drop in and join the conversation!

For instructions on how to join a meeting on Zoom, click here. 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.

The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance.