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DESCRIPTION:Inspired by thirteenth-century gothic architecture\, Eugène Emm
 anuel Viollet-le-Duc understood ornament as the medium through which the v
 ital energies of the living world became visible. Ornament distilled the a
 natomical logic of the plants or animals it imitated\, reaching back to pr
 imordial\, pagan cults of nature and acquiring a regenerative power for th
 e modern age. In this lecture duet—hosted and moderated by Viollet-le-Duc:
  Drawing Worlds* co-curator Martin Bressani—Ralph Ghoche  and Estelle Thib
 ault explore\, respectively\, the contrasting ornamental philosophies of t
 he Romantic/Eclectic and the Neo-Gothic movements\, and the “natural laws”
  that guided nineteenth century ornamentation design in industrial arts ed
 ucation.A Lee B. Anderson Memorial Lecture DuetLee Anderson\, who worked f
 or a time as an arts education teacher\, has been referred to as the godfa
 ther of the Gothic revival in America. It is largely because of his impres
 sive personal collection that the style has been rekindled among designers
  and other tastemakers. Lee passed away in 2010\, but he left a legacy of 
 philanthropic support through the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation\, wh
 ose mission is to support programs and organizations that advance an appre
 ciation for the decorative arts.*This event is presented in conjunction wi
 th Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds\, on view at the BGC Gallery through May 
 24.Ralph Ghoche is an assistant professor in the Department of Architectur
 e at Barnard College. He is the author of Ornament and Symbol in French Ro
 mantic Architecture: Simon-Claude Constant-Dufeux\, published by McGill-Qu
 een's University Press in 2025. His current research is centered on French
  colonial architecture in Algeria during the nineteenth century\, with a p
 articular focus on the architectural\, urban and territorial interventions
  of the Catholic Church in Algiers.Estelle Thibault is a professor of arch
 itectural history and theory at École nationale supérieure d'architecture 
 Paris-Belleville. Her research focuses on the history of architectural the
 ories and ornament in late nineteeth-century France\, as well as the histo
 ry of architectural education. She is currently working on the reception o
 f Gottfried Semper in the French-speaking cultural context.Martin Bressani
  is the William C. Macdonald Emeritus Professor at McGill University’s Pet
 er G-H Fu School of Architecture in Montréal. He is the author of Architec
 ture and the Historical Imagination: Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 1814-1
 879 (Ashgate\, 2014) and coeditor of Gothic Revival Worldwide. A.W.N. Pugi
 n’s Global Influence (Leuven University Press\, 2017)\; The Companions to 
 the History of Architecture—Nineteenth-Century Architecture (Wiley Blackwe
 ll\, 2017)\; and Narrating the Globe: The Emergence of World Histories of 
 Architecture (MIT Press\, 2024).Gallery Visits with BGC EducatorsDrop by B
 GC’s Viollet-le-Duc Drawing Worlds exhibition between 5 and 6 pm at no ext
 ra charge! Gallery educators will be stationed throughout the exhibition t
 o share a few highlights.March 18 and April 2918 West 86th Street\, 5–6 pm
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: French Ornament in the Nineteenth Century
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