Open Art: Lecture - William Eiland on St. Sebastian
St. Sebastian is a common figure in the paintings of Florence and the Baroque. Join the Director of the Georgia Museum of Art, William Eiland, Ph.D., in examining images of St. Sebastian and their cultural meanings for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender viewers, both in the broader Roman world and contemporary culture. In his lecture Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune: Queering Saint Sebastian, Eiland will discuss the facts and legend surrounding Sebastian's life, and how the Roman soldier eventually became a revered saint whose agony has been appropriated and even eroticized.
Price: $6 Members, $12 Nonmembers
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Open Art is a part of the program series Thursdays 'til 9.
Image Credit: Felice Ficherelli (1605-1660), Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene, n.d. Oil on canvas, 40 3/16 x 40 3/16 inches (102 x 102 cm), octagonal. Haukohl Family Collection.
