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DESCRIPTION:Amy Ogata will be coming to speak at the Françoise and\nGeorges
  Selz Lectures on 18th- and 19th-Century French Decorative Arts and\nCultu
 re on Tuesday\, May 5\, 2015.  Her talk is entitled “The Metallic in\nSeco
 nd Empire France.” \n\nAt the BGC\, Dr. Ogata will speak about the materia
 lity of\nmetal in Second Empire France. Metal in many forms—from the large
 -scale\ninfrastructure of the new railroads\, buildings\, and boulevard fu
 rniture\,\nto gleaming table services and jewelry—reveals the complex aest
 hetic\, political\nand social values of the Second Empire. By looking at t
 he era’s\nunderstanding of metalwork\, the metallic\, and\, inevitably\, m
 oney\, we can begin\nto see how a discourse on materiality circumscribed t
 he public and private\nspaces of the age. These metallic forms\, whether l
 amp posts or table\nornaments\, were often rendered in the image and style
 s of the\npast\, which gave shape and agency to a culture in\ntransition. 
 Dr. Ogata will argue that the physicality of metal worked in\nboth abstrac
 t and concrete ways to solidify the imperial public image in\nthe 1850s an
 d 1860s.\n\nLight refreshments will be served at 5:45 pm. The\npresentatio
 n will begin at 6:00 pm.RSVP is required. PLEASE NOTE that our Lecture Hal
 l can only accommodate\na limited number of people\, so please come early 
 if you would like to have a\nseat in the main room. Registrants who arrive
  late may be seated in an overflow\nviewing area.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: The Metallic in Second Empire France
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