Passport to Paris
Denver
January 26, 2014 at 4 pm
Denver Art Museum
Join fellow alumni and professor of art history Katie Hornstein at the Denver Art Museum to view a remarkable three-show exhibition of 125 French artworks. Hornstein will set the stage with her lecture, “French Art and the Emergence of Modern Culture."
Hornstein says, “The lecture will consider the shifting conceptions of art's purpose and the ways that artists during the 19th century dispensed with the traditional notions of ‘high art’ for the sake of directly engaging with the changing conditions of modern life. While many of the works on view in Passport to Paris are cherished as masterpieces, it is our goal to uncover how, during the time in which they were made, this status was anything but assured.”
The works in Passport to Paris include masterpieces on religious and mythological subjects, Impressionist landscapes, and unique sketches and pastels from the museum’s Esmond Bradley Martin Collection. Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Vincent van Gogh are just some of the artists represented. Fifty of the works are on loan from Connecticut’s Wadsworth Athenaeum, and the Frederic C. Hamilton Collection will be on view for the first time. It’s a rare assemblage.
Professor Hornstein specializes in French art and visual culture. She is currently working on a book about the relationships between visual representations of war, emergent modes of visual production across a range of media, and structures of political power from the French Revolution through the Crimean War. She teaches classes including Nineteenth Century European Art, and History of Photography.
Program
4 pm: Welcome and Registration
4:30–5:30 pm: Presentation by Professor Katie Hornstein
5:30–8 pm: Cocktail Reception and Viewing Exhibitions
8 pm: Event Concludes
Pricing
Tickets: $55
Classes 2003–2013: $45
Youth 6–18: $30
This Dartmouth on Location event is organized by the Office of Alumni Relations and the Dartmouth Association of the Rocky Mountains. To learn more about Dartmouth on Location programs or to register, please contact us at (603) 646-9159 or ar.ace@dartmouth.edu.
Image: “The Beach at Trouville” by Claude Monet