Art History Presentation by Roger Rothman

Everyday items—foodstuff, personal effects–and the daily activities in which they are incorporated figure as marginal elements in the art of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This changed with industrial capitalism, and artists increasingly turned to everyday objects and activities as themselves worthy of undivided attention. This lecture will examine paintings from 1500 to the present to see how this happened and to what effect. Of particular interest will be the ways in which Impressionist and Postimpressionist artists set the stage for the radical performances of the Fluxus artists of the 1960s.

Meet the Presenter
Roger Rothman is the Samuel H. Professor of Art History at Bucknell. His scholarship has focused on modern and contemporary art, including in particular Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, and most recently Fluxus.

Picture is by Paul Cezanne from the Barnes Foundation, it is an example used in the presentation.

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