Rhythm & Light

With essays by Danielle Carrabino and Mark CarrollPublished 2018  ISBN: 9781891771781 72 pages; 6 1/2 x 11 in. 40 illustrations Hardcover with jacket   Published by Harvard Art Museums This book honors the Calderwood Courtyard, a public gathering space at the heart of the Harvard Art Museums since 1927. Its publication is timed to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the ecclesiastical complex in Montepulciano, Italy, that provided inspiration for the courtyard design. Originally designed by Henry Richardson Shepley for the historic Fogg Museum, the Calderwood Courtyard is a near exact replica of the facade of the canon’s house of the Church of San Biagio in Montepulciano, which was designed in the early to mid-16th century by Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. The facade, a two-story arcade made of travertine, was reproduced four times and turned inward to create the interior court of the Fogg Museum. The renovation and expansion of the Harvard Art Museums in th