Julia Margaret Cameron
NEW PALTZ — The work of the Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) has recently been the object of considerable scholarly research, ranging from the Getty Museum’s 2003 production of a complete catalogue of her images, a new biography, and the publication of exhibition catalogues and theoretical interpretations. Much of this research has examined Cameron’s distinctive use of light and camera lens focus, and her sensual imagery of children.
Joanne Lukitsh will take a different approach by examining the continuities of Cameron’s style, subject, and form with the drawings and paintings of George Watts and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Cameron was especially close to Watts, but was also a member of Rossetti’s circle; both Watts and Rossetti owned Cameron photographs and stated their admiration for her images. While recent scholarship has argued for the distinctiveness of Cameron’s artistic transformation of the photographic medium, Lukitsh’s talk will explore Cameron’s affiliations with these two painters and examine issues of the mid-Victorian cultural context common to all three artists.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Professor Lukitsh’s lecture is sponsored by the Art History Association, a funded member of the Student Association.
Wednesday – February 27 – 2008
7:00 p.m.
Honors Center
College Hall
Speaker
Joanne Lukitsh
Professor of Art History
Department of Critical Studies
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston
Free and open to all
For additional information call (845) 257-3872
