{"id":6351,"date":"2017-01-18T21:55:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T21:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hartdoctors.com\/?p=6351"},"modified":"2017-01-18T21:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T21:55:20","slug":"leonard-folgarait-shares-his-expertise-in-french-art-and-architecture-with-alumni-in-houston-and-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/2017\/01\/leonard-folgarait-shares-his-expertise-in-french-art-and-architecture-with-alumni-in-houston-and-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Folgarait Shares His Expertise in French Art and Architecture with Alumni in Houston and Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hartdoctors.com\/2017\/01\/18\/leonard-folgarait-shares-his-expertise-in-french-art-and-architecture-with-alumni-in-houston-and-paris\/folgarait-houston-photo1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6354\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/2017\/01\/folgarait-houston-photo1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"folgarait-houston-photo1\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6354\" \/><\/a>The Houston Museum of Fine Arts provided the perfect setting for a recent Commodore Classroom. Leonard Folgarait, Distinguished Professor of History of Art, joined the Houston Vanderbilt Chapter to discuss the work of Edgar Degas and to tour the museum\u2019s exhibit <em>Degas: A New Vision<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Beverly Barrett, BS\u201997, who keenly recalls taking Folgarait\u2019s Modern Architecture class at Vanderbilt, organized the event with him in mind. \u201cNot only is Professor Folgarait an expert in his field, he is a great communicator and takes a sincere interest in students and alumni. His visit generated enthusiasm for Vanderbilt and great memories for his former students,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Folgarait\u2019s clever questions kept the audience of 75 alumni and friends engaged throughout his presentation. \u201cWe really enjoyed how he connected the paintings to the history of Paris,&#8221; Barrett continued. &#8220;His knowledge of architectural history and city planning in Paris is very impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alumni and friends will also enjoy that insight on French art and architecture during the Vanderbilt Travel Program trip, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vuconnect.com\/s\/1643\/index.aspx?sid=1643&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=4314&amp;cid=7474&amp;ecid=7474&amp;crid=0&amp;calpgid=389&amp;calcid=1480\">Paris: City of Light<\/a><\/em>, set for March 4-12. Folgarait has frequently traveled to Paris to teach a Maymester class and knows the city like a native. He will introduce trip participants to hidden gems he has discovered&#8212;day trips to Montmartre and Chantilly&#8212;as well as enhance their visits to such landmarks as the Notre Dame Cathedral, Eiffel Tower, and Louvre Museum.<\/p>\n<p><em>Houston Vanderbilt Chapter President Jason Pierson, Leonard Folgarait, and Beverly Barrett at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Museum of Fine Arts provided the perfect setting for a recent Commodore Classroom. Leonard Folgarait, Distinguished Professor of History of Art, joined the Houston Vanderbilt Chapter to discuss the work of Edgar Degas and to tour the museum\u2019s exhibit Degas: A New Vision. Beverly Barrett, BS\u201997, who keenly recalls taking Folgarait\u2019s Modern Architecture&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7000,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16,19,20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-hart","category-lectures","category-studentalumni","category-vrc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7000"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/arthistoryblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}