Events at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (this weekend, Talks)en-USArts & Entertainment, Museumshttp://metmuseum.org/feeds/images/met_podcast_logo.jpgEvents at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (this weekend, Talks)http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/art-religion-and-environment-fm?eid=A002_%7b208B6F97-EB6C-4E55-B647-0C92546B3A67%7d_20130306151230http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/art-religion-and-environment-fm?eid=A002_%7b208B6F97-EB6C-4E55-B647-0C92546B3A67%7d_20130306151230Art, Religion, and the Environment in Ancient Greece<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Picture the roadsides, sacred paths, and outdoor sanctuaries where the Greeks placed works of art to connect themselves to the divinities they worshipped.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Saturday, May 25, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;12:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/geology-transcendentalism-american-landscape?eid=A002_%7b3EEC303E-E2C9-47A3-B81E-DF326DFED1FD%7d_20130306102808http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/talks/gallery-talks/geology-transcendentalism-american-landscape?eid=A002_%7b3EEC303E-E2C9-47A3-B81E-DF326DFED1FD%7d_20130306102808Geology, Transcendentalism, and American Landscape Painting<p class="small-text date-text">Gallery Talk</p>​Investigate how mid-nineteenth-century American painters responded to the expanding field of geology and its effects on society, including the spread of scientific knowledge among the public, the associated moral lessons and religious connotations, and its impact on western expansion and tourism.<p></p><p><span class="small-text date-text">Sunday, May 26, 11:00 a.m.&ndash;12:00 p.m.</span>​<br/> <p class="small-text" class="margin-top:7px;">Free with Museum admission</p>​</p>