Taste and the Senses: Aesthetic Formation and Material Experience in Eighteenth-Century France
Archival Program Information
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Symposium Schedule
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10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, 2011 10:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Friday, June 3, 2011 Research Institute Lecture Hall, The Getty Center |
Day One: Thursday, June 2, 201110:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Research Institute Lecture Hall, The Getty Center10:00–10:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction, Thomas Gaehtgens, Getty Research Institute Session I: Taste and the Senses 10:15–10:45 a.m. Is Taste a Sensorial Matter? The Beginnings of Aesthetics Danièle Cohn, Professor, Centre d'esthétique et de philosophie de l'art–Philosophies contemporaines (CEPA–PHICO), Université Paris 1 Panthéon–Sorbonne 10:45–11:15 a.m. Irritability and Sensibility in Diderot's "Elements of Physiology" Giuseppe Di Liberti, Professor, Accademia di Belle Arti, Palermo; Centre d'esthétique et de philosophie de l'art–Philosophies contemporaines (CEPA–PHICO), Université Paris 1 Panthéon–Sorbonne 11:15–11:45 a.m. Coffee Break 11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. The Abject in Diderot's Art Criticism Elena Russo, Professor, Department of German and Romance Languages, Johns Hopkins University 12:15–2:00 p.m. Lunch Break 2:00–2:30 p.m. A French Paradox: The Painful Rise of Sentiment in the Genre Painting Christophe Leribault, Director, Musée Eugène Delacroix; Deputy Director, Département des arts graphiques, Musée du Louvre 2:30–3:00 p.m. Luxury and Simplicity: The Graceful Touch of Things Julia Gelshorn, Professor, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Universität Wien 3:00–3:30 p.m. Coffee Break 3:30–4:00 p.m. "One Feels Moved by Looking at [This Crying Figure]": The Taste for Emotionalism in Eighteenth-Century French Sculpture Anne-Lise Desmas, Associate Curator, Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, J. Paul Getty Museum 4:00–4:30 p.m. From Fragonard to Vien: A Change of Senses and Taste Thomas W. Gaehtgens, Director, Getty Research Institute |
Day Two: Friday, June 3, 201110:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; Research Institute Lecture Hall, The Getty CenterSession II: The Production and Perception of Taste 10:30–11:00 a.m. Taste and the Anthropological Outlook on Art in France Pascal Griener, Professo, Institut d'histoire de l'art et de muséologie, Université de Neuchâtel 11:00–11:30 a.m. Breathing Life into Inventories Made after Death: Strategies for Decrypting and Correlating Archival Sources with Social Practices of Daily Life Alden R. Gordon, Paul E. Rather Distinguished Professor of Fine Arts, Trinity College (Hartford) 11:30 a.m.–Noon Coffee Break Noon–12:30 p.m. Behind the Scenes of the Parisian "Hôtels" Alexandre Gady, Département d'histoire, d'histoire de l'art et d'archéologie, Université de Nantes 12:30–1:00 p.m. Intersensory Interiors Mimi Hellman, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Skidmore College 1:00–2:30 p.m. Lunch Break 2:30–3:00 p.m. Lighting in the Eighteenth Century: Techniques and Uses Stéphane Castelluccio, Researcher, Centre André Chastel, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)/Université Paris 4–Sorbonne 3:00–3:30 p.m. "Inverted Nature": The English Landscape Garden and France Frédéric Ogée, Professor, UFR d'études anglophones, and Executive Vice President for International Affairs, Université Paris 7–Denis Diderot 3:30–4:00 p.m. Coffee Break 4:00–4:30 p.m. The French Taste in England: The Case of William Hogarth Peter Wagner, Professor, Anglistik, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau 4:30–5:00 p.m. Concluding Remarks, Thomas W. Gaehtgens 5:00–6:30 p.m. Reception, Private Dining Room |
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