Imagining the Divine: Religious Mythology and Art

Reb Shalom of Safed, (1896 – 1980), Untitled (Jonah and the Whale), color lithograph, 17.75 x 21.88 in., 20th c., 1989.1.67, Gift of the Doctors Meyer P. and Vivian O. Potamkin.

This selection of works from the museum’s permanent collection considers the role of mythology in how artists manifest notions of the divine in the visual arts. The exhibition is curated by Abbie Cottle ’20, a religion and archaeology major.

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