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Chemistry on canvas a revealing portrait of Monsieur and Madame Lavoisier panel with Harold E. Varmus, Roald Hoffmann, Kathryn Calley Galitz ; moderated by Garrick Utley

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Varmus, Harold
Hoffmann, Roald
Galitz, Kathryn Calley, 1964-
Utley, Garrick, 1939-2014
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825. Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and His Wife.
David, Jacques Louis.
Genre:
Streaming video
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file) sound, color
Other Title:
Sunday at the Met
World Science Festival
Place of Publication:
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2011]
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art [2011]
System Details:
System requirements: Flash player
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Summary:
"In conjunction with the World Science Festival, Nobel laureates Harold E. Varmus (Physiology or Medicine, 1989) and Roald Hoffmann (Chemistry, 1981) and art historian Kathryn Calley Galitz explore David's 1788 portrait of the Lavoisiers. Encounter this important painting from the perspectives of science, politics, and art and learn about Madame Lavoisier's artistic and scientific contributions to her husband's groundbreaking research"--YouTube
Notes:
Title from title frames
Lecture given June 5, 2011 as part of the ongoing series "Sunday at the Met" held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in conjuction with the World Science Festival
OCLC:
767950865
Access Restriction:
Open Access Unrestricted online access

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