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Member Lecture—Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s Spirit of the Dance: Scandals and Pleasures of the Second French Empire
Member Lectures are available exclusively to Museum Members. Join today.
Join Dr. Bradley Bailey for a tale of scandal and intrigue!
Triumph of modernity or tasteless artistic expression? An instant sensation upon its public debut in 1869, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s sculptural group La Danse flaunted the conventions of mid-nineteenth-century French sculpture with its daring fusion of romantic expressivity and realistically depicted nudity.
Join Bailey for a close examination of Carpeaux’s Spirit of the Dance and the controversy surrounding the artist’s works.
Advance tickets can be reserved in person or through MetroTix using your Member ticket code. All tickets reserved through MetroTix incur a service charge; the service charge is waived for tickets reserved at the Museum.
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