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Art Wed Jan 20 2010
The Louvre Guide to Good Art
Looks like the Alliance Française de Chicago and the French Consulate of Chicago have prepared quite a treat for the city's art-enthusiasts this Thursday: Musée du Louvre curator of sculpture, Isabelle Leroy-Jay Lemaistre explaining what it is that makes a masterpiece.
The way we define art over centuries of iconic masters and their worldly masterpieces can take an army of art history professor's their life's work to explain-objectively or subjectively. So, what better place to learn then from the perspective of the most visited museum in the world?
Lemaistre will lead the lecture in three critical themes: the changing historical and cultural definitions of a masterpiece (in paintings, sculpture, decorative arts and drawings); authenticity and connoisseurship (what makes an expert); and the evolution of taste and scholarship (the changes in adoration over time).
The event is followed by a vin d'honneur (reception in French).
Tickets for the Thursday, Jan 21st lecture can be purchased for $10 (for non-members) at the Alliance website. The 6:30pm
event will take place at the Alliance Française de Chicago's 54 W. Chicago Ave. entrance.