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Event Type: Art / Crafts Age Group(s): Adults, All Ages Date: 2/8/2013 Start Time: 1:30 PM End Time: 2:30 PM Description: There has been ongoing debate as to whether Degas was misogynistic or not when considering his most common subjects: ballet dancers and women bathers. Join Elizabeth Sandoval of The Ohio State University’s Department of the History of
Art for a look at some pastels, sculptures, and paintings of dancers, bathers, and women, including his precious statue of the fourteen-year-old Marie Van Goethem. So what do you think? Was Degas woman’s friend or foe?
Library: Tremont Road - Main Library
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Location: Friends Theater Presenter: Elizabeth Sandoval | |