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National Gallery of Art - PROGRAM AND EVENTS

Public Symposium
Truth to Nature: British Photography and Pre-Raphaelitism

January 22, 2011
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
East Building Auditorium
Held in conjunction with the exhibition
The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848–1875

Introduction
Diane Waggoner, associate curator, department of photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington
1:00–1:05

Seeing with the Soul of the Eye: Photography and Pre-Raphaelitism in Scotland
Duncan Forbes, senior curator of photography, National Galleries of Scotland
1:05–1:40

The American Pre-Raphaelite: William James Stillman and Ruskin's Aesthetics
Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, professor and chair of classical studies, and Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek, Wesleyan University
1:40–2:15

Break
2:15–2:25

Remarks
Faya Causey, head of academic programs, National Gallery of Art, Washington
2:25–2:30

Photographaelite? Millais and "The Woodman's Daughter"
Malcolm Warner, deputy director, Kimbell Art Museum
2:30–3:05

Dante Gabriel Rossetti between Photography and Music
Laura Hendrickson, lecturer, visual arts department, University of California, San Diego
3:05–3:40

Matters of Fact and Pleasant Fictions: Henry Peach Robinson and Victorian Composition Photography
David Coleman, curator of photography, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
3:40–4:15

Question-and-Answer Session
4:15–5:00

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