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DESCRIPTION:Mr. Knothe will be speaking about glass and glass technology\, 
 and their impact and significance as ‘cultural translators’.   His focus w
 ill be centered on the technological advances and stylistic influences of 
 European glassmaking in China during the early eighteenth century—one of t
 he lesser-known achievements of European missionaries\, and the consequent
  production of an art form that still remains little studied and somewhat 
 under-appreciated.Whereas porcelain presents a medium developed and master
 ed in Asia for a thousand years\, which for centuries – notably from the l
 ate fifteenth to the mid eighteenth centuries—was highly admired and final
 ly successfully imitated (first in Dresden in 1708) in the West\, glass an
 d the creative design and manufacture of both luxury and more common domes
 tic goods from it were more advanced in Europe.  A new impetus in China ar
 rived with European ‘scientists’ send to the East as missionaries from the
  later 1600s. Glass produced in East Asia since then profited from—and oft
 en directly depended on—Western techniques and led local glasshouses produ
 ce an unusual hybrid style\, indicative throughout of both an intellectual
  open-mindedness as well as of Oriental design and artisanal tradition.Flo
 rian Knothe has been Curator of European Glass at the Corning Museum of Gl
 ass since 2009. A specialist in European decorative arts\, Knothe came to 
 the Museum from The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, where he was a research a
 ssociate in the department of European sculpture and decorative arts. He w
 orked on exhibitions such as Tapestry in the Baroque: Threads of Splendor 
 (2007/2008) and Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the 
 Palaces of Europe (2008). He has also contributed to the collection catalo
 g French Art of the 18th Century at The Huntington (2008) and to exhibitio
 n catalogs on European Baroque art (2009) and Venetian glass (2011). He ha
 s published articles on French furniture\, tapestry\, drawings\, and print
 s\; on the work of goldsmiths and lapidaries\; and on glass. He lectures i
 nternationally on European decorative art\, cultural influences\, and the 
 use of art in propaganda. Knothe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Furniture Re
 storation and Craftsmanship from Buckinghamshire New University\; a Master
 ’s in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art\, University 
 of London\; and a Ph.D. in the History of Art from Johannes Gutenberg Univ
 ersity\, Mainz.PLEASE NOTE that our Lecture Hall can only accommodate a li
 mited number of people\, so please come early if you would like to have a 
 seat in the main room.  We also have overflow seating available\; all regi
 strants who arrive late will be seated in the overflow area.For more infor
 mation please contact academicevents@bgc.bard.edu
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Beyond the Old Silk Road:
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