Severed Representations

Thursday, November 14th, 2002
"Severed Representations"

Two lectures on
THE MOMENT OF CARAVAGGIO by MICHAEL FRIED
one of the most distinguished art historians of his generation

7:30 PM Hemmerdinger Hall 100 Washington Square East

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

This past spring, MICHAEL FRIED, the celebrated critic, historian and poet, delivered the prestigious Andrew W. Mellon lectures at the National Gallery of Art in Washington-six talks on THE MOMENT OF CARAVAGGIO. This fall, under the aegis of the New York Institute for the Humanitites at NYU, he will BE reprising two of those talks in New York City..

Michael Fried is the J.R. Boone Professor of Humanitites and the director of the Humanities Center at Johns Hopkins University, and one of the foremost authorities on evolving traditions of realism in Western painting. His books include "Absorption and Theatricality: Printing and Beholder in the Age of Diderot"; "Realism, Writing, Disfiguration: On Thomans Eakins and Stephen Crane"; "Courbet's Realism"; "Manet's Modernism" and the just released, "Menzel's Realism: Art and Embodiment in Nineteenth Century Berlin."

The New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU was established in 1976 for promoting the exchange of ideas between academics, professionals, politicians, diplomats, writers, journalists, musicians, painters, and other artists in New York City-and between all of them and the city. It currently comprises 120 fellows. Throughout the year, the NYIH organizes numerous public events and symposia such as December's memorable Art and Optics conference.

For more information and press accreditation please contact Shonna Keogan at the NYU press office at 212.998.6797 or the NYIH at 212.998.2100.