January 15: "Scandal! Society, Culture, and Politics in Europe, 1889-1914"
University Park, PA --"Scandal! Society, Culture, and Politics in Europe, 1889-1914," an exhibition on display January 15 to May 30, 2009, in the Special Collections Library, 104 Paterno Library, features books, periodicals, photographs, and other original documents that highlight some of the cultural products, events, and movements at the turn of the last century.
There is a special emphasis on France, including the emergence of the cabaret culture of Montmartre; the new technology of book production and the interest in fine and illustrated books; the construction of the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Exposition universelle de Paris; and the exposure of French anti-Semitism in the Dreyfus Affair. The exhibition also documents the importance of the year 1909 as the date of publication of Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto and the establishment of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and its debut in Paris.
Guest curator Willa Silverman, professor of French and Jewish Studies, and Sandra Stelts, curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, made the selections from among the holdings of Penn State's Special Collections Library.
The exhibition is part of The Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities' second annual "Moments of Change" initiative, which explores the turn of the 20th century and its lasting impact on global society and culture. The yearlong project presents more than 40 events, including lectures, performances, exhibitions, and symposia, aimed at engaging a multidisciplinary audience of scholars, artists, students, and community members. The 2008-09 project explores the 25-year period from the World Fair in Paris in 1889 to the outbreak of World War One in 1914. (Schedule of events). For information, contact Marica Tacconi, director, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, at (814) 865-0495 or arts-humanities@psu.edu via e-mail.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Phillip Dennis Cate, director emeritus of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers University, will give a gallery talk on February 10, at 4:00 p.m. in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.
For more information about the exhibition, contact Sandra Stelts, curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, 814-863-5388. Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
editor's contact: Catherine Grigor, manager of Public Relations and Marketing, University Libraries, cqg3@psu.edu, 814-863-4240.
There is a special emphasis on France, including the emergence of the cabaret culture of Montmartre; the new technology of book production and the interest in fine and illustrated books; the construction of the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Exposition universelle de Paris; and the exposure of French anti-Semitism in the Dreyfus Affair. The exhibition also documents the importance of the year 1909 as the date of publication of Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto and the establishment of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and its debut in Paris.
Guest curator Willa Silverman, professor of French and Jewish Studies, and Sandra Stelts, curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, made the selections from among the holdings of Penn State's Special Collections Library.
The exhibition is part of The Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities' second annual "Moments of Change" initiative, which explores the turn of the 20th century and its lasting impact on global society and culture. The yearlong project presents more than 40 events, including lectures, performances, exhibitions, and symposia, aimed at engaging a multidisciplinary audience of scholars, artists, students, and community members. The 2008-09 project explores the 25-year period from the World Fair in Paris in 1889 to the outbreak of World War One in 1914. (Schedule of events). For information, contact Marica Tacconi, director, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, at (814) 865-0495 or arts-humanities@psu.edu via e-mail.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Phillip Dennis Cate, director emeritus of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers University, will give a gallery talk on February 10, at 4:00 p.m. in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.
For more information about the exhibition, contact Sandra Stelts, curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, 814-863-5388. Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
editor's contact: Catherine Grigor, manager of Public Relations and Marketing, University Libraries, cqg3@psu.edu, 814-863-4240.
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