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벤튼 박사 프랑스 루아르 밸리 샤토 + 가든 특강@92Y(6/4, 11)
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French Fortresses and Fantasies: The Châteaux of the Loire River Valley
Part I: The Days of Knights and Country Life and Court Life
Tue, Jun 4, 2019, 12 pm
Tickets from $65
From forbidding fortresses to charming castles, the splendid structures of the Loire Valley reflect lives of intrigue and opulence.
Medieval strongholds built for defense with moats and towers gradually gave way to spectacular Renaissance pleasure palaces. Sumptuous elegance, rather than physical comfort, was the primary design principle of the châteaux. Ornamented with paintings and sculptures and surrounded by reflecting pools and perfectly manicured gardens, they make the mansions of today’s rich and famous appear austere by comparison.
Distinguished Professor of Art History, Janetta Rebold Benton, Ph.D., a former resident of Paris, showcases these romantic and historic dwellings, and sets them in the context of French history.
12–1 pm: The Days of Knights
Step into the medieval and Renaissance eras at the Château of Saumur, its depiction featured in the Très Riches Heures of the Duke of Berry; Sully-sur-Loire, a prison for Joan of Arc; Langeais, a medieval stronghold that became a Renaissance château; and Châteaudun, built over three centuries.
1-1:30 pm: A French-inspired snack break
1:30–2:30 pm: Country Life and Court Life
Visit little rural La Devinière, home of Rabelais; the Clos-Lucé, Leonardo da Vinci’s last home; Azay-le-Rideau, built on an island in the Indre River; and the Château Royal de Blois, a unique example of the development of French architecture from the 13th through the 17th centuries.
https://www.92y.org/event/french-fortresses-and-fantasies-part-i
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French Fortresses and Fantasies: The Châteaux of the Loire River Valley
Part II: Luxury and Liaisons along the Loire and Renaissance Gardens
Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 12 pm
Tickets from $65
From forbidding fortresses to charming castles, the splendid structures of the Loire Valley reflect lives of intrigue and opulence.
Medieval strongholds built for defense with moats and towers gradually gave way to spectacular Renaissance pleasure palaces. Sumptuous elegance, rather than physical comfort, was the primary design principle of the châteaux. Ornamented with paintings and sculptures and surrounded by reflecting pools and perfectly manicured gardens, they make the mansions of today’s rich and famous appear austere by comparison.
Distinguished Professor of Art History, Janetta Rebold Benton, Ph.D., a former resident of Paris, showcases these romantic and historic dwellings, and sets them in the context of French history.
12–1 pm: Luxury and Liaisons along the Loire
The château of Chambord, with a miniature village on its roof and a double spiral staircase, is the largest castle in the valley. Chenonceau, the “château of the ladies,” was Henry II’s gift to his mistress Diane de Poitiers; when Henry died, his wife Catherine de Medici forced Diane to switch palaces and move to Chaumont.
1–1:30 pm: A French-inspired snack break
1:30–2:30 pm: Renaissance Gardens
Examine the history, plans, plantings, and symbolism of gardens in the Loire Valley at the châteaux of Réaux, Langeais, Clos-Lucé in Amboise, Chenonceau, and especially the grand and glorious gardens of the château of Villandry.
https://www.92y.org/event/french-fortresses-and-fantasies-part-ii.aspx
Janetta Rebold Benton
Janetta Rebold Benton is the Distinguished Professor of Art History at Pace University, NY. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award as Visiting Professor at the graduate school of Art History, European University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2012-13, and has received a second Fulbright as Visiting Professor at the graduate school of Art History, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China, 2018.
Dr. Benton presents subscription seminars at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. She presented subscription lecture series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, every season 1988-2011, and at the Schimmel Center for the Arts, NYC. She has also lectured at The Cloisters, NYC; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach; and elsewhere in America and abroad, including the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia and the Louvre, Paris, France. She is the Expert Lecturer on Smithsonian and Metropolitan Museum of Art trips throughout the world. A former resident of Paris, she taught courses in art history there as the Art Historian at the American Embassy.
She is currently working on her ninth book, Italy’s Renaissance: Art and Architecture 1280-1580 (Oxford University Press, NY, forthcoming). Her Handbook for the Humanities (Robert DiYanni co-author, Pearson, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2014) is published in paperback and as an E-book. Arts and Culture: An Introduction to the Humanities (Robert DiYanni co-author, Pearson/Prentice Hall, two volumes and combined volume, fourth edition, 2012) is also published in Chinese (2011). Materials, Methods, and Masterpieces of Medieval Art (Praeger Series on the Middle Ages, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA, 2009) is available in hardcover and as an E-book. Medieval Mischief: Wit and Humour in the Art of the Middle Ages (The History Press, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2004) examines an engaging aspect of medieval art. Art of the Middle Ages (Thames & Hudson, London, 2002) is published in the acclaimed World of Art series. Holy Terrors: Gargoyles on Medieval Buildings (Abbeville Press, NY, 1997) is also published in French as Saintes Terreurs: Les Gargouilles Dans L’Architecture Médiévale (2000). Dr. Benton was the guest curator and catalog author for the 1995 exhibition Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures at the Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY. Her book, The Medieval Menagerie: Animals in the Art of the Middle Ages (Abbeville Press, NY, 1992), a Book of the Month Club selection, is also published in French as Bestiaire Médiéval: Les Animaux Dans L’Aft du Moyen Age (1992). Articles by Dr. Benton appear in IKON, Center for Iconographic Studies, University of Rijeka, Croatia, 2017; Proceedings of the International Conference, State Hermitage Museum Publishers, Saint Petersburg, 2017 and 2015; Encyclopedia of Humor Studies, Sage Reference, Los Angeles, CA, 2014; Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition catalog, Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture, 2007; as well as in scholarly journals including Cahiers de Civilisation Médiévale, Poitiers, 1998; Arte Medievale, Rome, 1993; Artibus et Historiae, Vienna, 1989; and Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, 1985.
Dr. Benton was educated at Harvard University, Graduate School of Education, MDP diploma; earned her Ph.D. in Art History at Brown University; Master's degree in Art History at George Washington University; and Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts at Cornell University.
