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July 25, 2006
Contact Vicki Brodnax at 407-646-2526

 

 

famous author and art historian to speak at cornell fine arts Museum


WINTER PARK, FL — Robert Rosenblum, world renowned author and art historian from New York University to speak at Rollins College.  Luanne McKinnon, acting director of the Cornell Fine Arts Museum says “Rosenblum is one of the major art historians of the 20th century.  His ideas and insights have a profound influence on the way we understand visual history.”   Author of various ground-breaking publications including, 1900: Art at the Crossroads (Abrams, 2000), Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition (Icon, 1977), Transformations in Late Eighteenth-Century Art (Princeton University, 1970) and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Abrams, 1990), his writings also include books about numerous artists such as Picasso and Warhol.  He has served as curator at the Guggenheim Museum and has been a contributing editor to ArtForum MagazineRosenblum will present a free public lecture entitled “Genesis and Apopcalypse:  The Landscape of Modern Art” on Thursday, September 14, at 6:30 p.m. on the campus of Rollins College in the Bush Auditorium.

Rosenblum’s Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Lecture is in conjunction with the exhibition Revising Arcadia:  The Landscape in Contemporary Art on view at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, September 8 through December 31.   The galleries are open Tuesday through Saturday, 10-5 and Sunday, 1-5; admission is $5 for adults.  There is no charge for CFAM Members, or Rollins College Faculty, Staff, and all Students with current ID.

For publicity images and interviews, please contact Vicki Brodnax at 407-646-1595 or email vbrodnax@rollins.edu.

 

 

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