Episodes from the Visual Culture of Electric Paris

Mary Cassatt, In The Loge, 1880

Mary Cassatt, In The Loge, 1880

Hollis Clayson’s analysis of the visual culture of Paris takes root in the often overlooked fact that lighting (éclairage) was a key attribute of the City of Light in the 19th century. Clayson, Professor of Art History and Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities, Northwestern University, maintains that the forms of artificial illumination, their visual properties and the era’s debates about them provided circumstances that stimulated aesthetically innovative art. The lecture analyzes the work of John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam and Mary Cassatt, and several of the era’s leading caricaturists.

Doors for the program will open at 6pm.

This event is free. No advance ticket registration required. A reception follows.

The Annual Hilla Rebay Lecture brings distinguished scholars to the Guggenheim Museum to examine significant issues in the theory, criticism and history of art. Made possible by The Hilla von Rebay Foundation.











When: Tue., May. 12, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where: Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave. (at 89th St.)
212-423-3500
Price: Free
Buy tickets/get more info now
See other events in these categories:
Mary Cassatt, In The Loge, 1880

Mary Cassatt, In The Loge, 1880

Hollis Clayson’s analysis of the visual culture of Paris takes root in the often overlooked fact that lighting (éclairage) was a key attribute of the City of Light in the 19th century. Clayson, Professor of Art History and Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities, Northwestern University, maintains that the forms of artificial illumination, their visual properties and the era’s debates about them provided circumstances that stimulated aesthetically innovative art. The lecture analyzes the work of John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam and Mary Cassatt, and several of the era’s leading caricaturists.

Doors for the program will open at 6pm.

This event is free. No advance ticket registration required. A reception follows.

The Annual Hilla Rebay Lecture brings distinguished scholars to the Guggenheim Museum to examine significant issues in the theory, criticism and history of art. Made possible by The Hilla von Rebay Foundation.

Buy tickets/get more info now