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2016-06-22T14:55:34.000Z
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Video Title:
Helen Langa - Romaine Brooks, 20th-Century Woman - Art Discussion, SAAM
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Session 3: Helen Langa, Associate Professor, Art History, American University. Join eminent scholars Cassandra Langer, art historian and author of Romaine Brooks: A Life; Sylvia Kahan, Professor of Performing and Creative Arts, CUNY College of Staten Island; Helen Langa, Associate Professor, Art History, American University; and Virginia Mecklenburg, SAAM Chief Curator; for an in-depth look at the fascinating life and art of Romaine Brooks. They discuss the artist’s social sphere, her life in Paris in the 1920s, and how through a unique aesthetic and persona, Brooks flouted conventional roles for women.
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55 min 6 sec
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