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Lecture

Harn Eminent Scholar Lecture Series

  • Date & Time
    • Thursday, February 26, 2015 5:00pm 2015-02-26 05:00:00 pm1969-12-31 07:00:00 pmAmerica/New_YorkHarn Eminent Scholar Lecture SeriesSamuel P. Harn Museum of Art
  • Cost
    • Free
  • Description

    Visualizing Love and its Discontents

    Dr. Mary Sheriff, W.R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    This presentation reconsiders the representation of love in eighteenth-century French painting and the graphic arts, focusing on the emotional dangers and negative consequences brought on by sexual passion. This approach leads not only to a consideration of emotional geographies and images excluded from the canon of rococo painting, but also to a reevaluation of well-known works, such as Antoine Watteau's 1717 Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera.

    This lecture is a plenary address to the Southeastern American Society for 18th Century Studies Conference Feb. 26-28.

  • Links
  • Venue
    Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
    Room #
    Chandler Auditorium
    Address
    3259 Hull Road
    Phone
    352-392-9826
    Website
    Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art Website