Art History

In an interview, David Hartt of the Weitzman School of Design discusses his artwork revamping and recontextualizing the modernist grounds of Philip Johnson’s Glass House.

Michael Danti and Christopher Woods of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Penn Museum and Richard Zettler of the Museum discuss their recent discovery of ancient Assyrian reliefs in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

Michael Danti of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses his team’s restoration of the iconic Mashki Gate in Iraq and their uncovering of ancient Assyrian slabs, with support from Mosul University and the Penn Museum.

A team of researchers from Penn and Mosul University have unearthed eight marble reliefs in the ancient city of Nineveh in northern Iraq.

Michael Danti of the School of Arts & Sciences says that access to cultural heritage is a human right, and that he and his fellow researchers are delighted to have discovered and returned ancient Assyrian slabs to the Iraqi people.

Experts from the University of Pennsylvania are supporting the reconstruction effort for the Mashki Gate in Iraq, which led to the discovery of eight marble slabs dating back to the Assyrians.

Jonathan Katz of the School of Arts & Sciences explains why he’s excited about Harriet Hosmer’s marble sculpture, Puck on a Toadstool, featured at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

On a “Radio Times” segment, Simcha Gross of the School of Arts and Sciences discusses his project at the Penn Museum to make incantation bowls more understood and accessible.