READING, Pa., May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Offspring of the Winds -
The Horse in Art and Imagination exhibit opens at the Reading Public Museum
on July 12 and continues through September 7, 2008. This exhibition will
feature the horse as it has appeared in diverse cultures over the past
3,000 years. With works drawn primarily from the Museum's permanent
collections, visitors will experience the beauty, strength and vitality
that the horse has inspired in the work of artists and craftsmen throughout
history.
Highlights of the exhibition include spectacular 7th to 4th century
B.C. Greek vases depicting the horse in battle, mythology and every day
life of the ancients, Asian masterpieces including Ming and Yuan dynasty
scroll paintings and rare ivory and jade sculptures.
A special feature of the exhibition is the Museum's unique collection
of Renaissance armor for the horse -- one of the most outstanding in the
United States. Sculpture in the exhibition ranges from the work of renowned
19th century French animal sculptor, Antoine-Louis Barye to the
contemporary work of Deborah Butterfield, and sculptors of the American
west.
The exhibition will also include whimsical recreational uses of the
horse including folk art, carousel horses and cast iron horse-drawn fire
engine toys. Paintings in the exhibition will include the famous Napoleon
Crossing the Alps from the studio of Jacques-Louis David and an extremely
rare Sioux, hand-painted buffalo robe. A special "Berks Collects" section
of the exhibition will feature a delightful array of decorative arts from
weathervanes to hobby horses loaned from local private collections.
This exhibition is presented by Penn National Gaming, Inc. and
Susquehanna Bank.
The Museum is located at 500 Museum Road, Reading, PA 19611. The
Reading Public Museum is supported in part by grants from the Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Web: http://www.readingpublicmuseum.org.
SOURCE Reading Public Museum
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Related links:
http://www.readingpublicmuseum.org
CONTACT:
Michael Anderson, Public Relations-Marketing
Director of Reading Public Museum, +1-610-371-5850 x231,
michael.anderson@readingpublicmuseum.org
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