Public Programs

The Masked Beauty, "Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century." The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Lectures

Glamour and Guillotine: Fashion, Theater, and Decorative Arts in Eighteenth-Century France
Join us for a lively discussion on life and culture in eighteenth-century France. Participants include Harold Koda, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ian Wardropper, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Caroline Weber, Department of French and Romance Philology, Barnard College and Columbia University. The program will be moderated by Jennifer Tonkovich, Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, The Morgan Library & Museum.
Thursday, November 12, 2009, 6:30 p.m.*
Tickets: $15 for Non-Members; $10 for Members
*The exhibition Rococo and Revolution: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings will be open at 5:30 PM especially for lecture attendees.
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