Take a closer look at the materials and techniques used to create select works from the special exhibition "Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment." Conservation experts and curators delicately outline the physical properties of the objects discussed and explain how their materiality brings the works to life. #daretoknow How can an interactive engraving, known as a "flap print," transform a single scene? In this installment, co-curator Kristel Smentek, Associate Professor of Art History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, outlines how looking at and touching a flap print, by Johann Rudolph Holzhalb, can add dimensions to a story of funerary theme and burial practices, and considers how this can be conveyed in an exhibition space. Adam Baker, Senior Conservation Technician, also discusses the challenges of framing and displaying this flap print for exhibition. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Explore the Special Exhibition: https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/daretoknow + Johann Rudolph Holzhalb, "The Tombs of the Jews," 1755. Etching and engraving with letterpress and woodcut. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints, 2016.99. https://hvrd.art/o/355399 Speakers: + Kristel Smentek, Associate Professor at MIT; Co-Curator of 'Dare To Know' at the Harvard Art Museums. + Adam Baker, Senior Conservation Technician, Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums. --- All images and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and this channel does not claim any right over them. Copyright Disclaimer: Any use of copyrighted content on this channel constitutes “fair use” pursuant to 17 U.S. Code § 107 as it is utilized for the purpose of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Music: Frank and Poet. © Blue Dot Sessions. Video: © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Videography: John Neely. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu. #exhibition #printmaking #harvardartmuseums