Piety or Propaganda? Modern Religious Art in France, 1850–1927
Friday, February 16, 2:30 PM–5:00 PM
Sutton Parlor Center, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chair: Maura Coughlin, Brown University
Jules Michelet, Modern Mother Mary, and the Catholic Left
Joyce C. Polistena, Pratt Institute
Piety, Propaganda, and Pognon: The Life of Our Savior Jesus Christ by James Tissot
Judith Dolkart, Brooklyn Museum
Stirring up Passions: The Reception of Mihály Munkácsky’s Christ Paintings in Late 19th-Century France
Laura Morowitz, Wagner College
Primitives and Believers: Debating Style and Spirituality in Early 20th-Century French Art
Neil McWilliam, Duke University
Matter and Mass at Monet’s Orangerie
James D. Herbert, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Emily Gephart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts College of Art