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Veils in 19th century French art topic of museum lecture Nov. 14

November 02, 2003

The Brigham Young University Department of Visual Arts presents "On the Veil in Haussmann's Paris," a lecture by guest lecturer Dr. Marni Kessler on Friday, Nov. 14, at 10 a.m. in the Museum of Art Auditorium (260 MOA).

The lecture is free and the public is welcome to attend.

Kessler, an assistant professor in the Kress Department of Art History at the University of Kansas, will lecture on representations of women's costume veils in 19th-century French art as part of the annual Art History Student Symposium.

For more information about Kessler or the lecture, contact Heather Belnap Jensen (heather_jensen@byu.edu) or Mark Magleby (mark_magleby@byu.edu).

Writer: Rachel M. Sego

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