La dissolution de la généalogie : Degas et Lepic, place de la Concorde

À contre-courant de l’historiographie, cet article s’inscrit dans le contexte de l’intérêt croissant autour de Degas et la race, en démontrant que Le vicomte Lepic et ses filles traversant la place de la Concorde est une machine qui révèle la vacuité des généalogies de la famille, du patriarcat, du pedigree, de la race, de la lignée comme de l’ascendance artistique. Y sont analysées la place, sa représentation au centre urbain et monumental de Paris, à l’épicentre de l’ordre symbolique de la France, ainsi que la crise de l’art moderne et de la politique – éléments que le tableau ne vient pas atténuer. Les marqueurs de filiation et d’affiliation sont examinés, y compris le chien de Lepic sa fonction esthétique ; son pedigree dans l’histoire de l’art via la fresque de Saint Georges de Pisanello ; et son ascendance, un médaillé de l’Exposition universelle canine de 1863 qui fut un terrain d’essai pour l’eugénisme moderne.Against the historiographical grain and addressing growing interest in Degas and race, this article demonstrates that Vicomte Lepic and his daughters (Place de la Concorde) is a machine designed to reveal the vacuousness of genealogies of family, patriarchy, pedigree, race, bloodline, and artistic lineage. Analyzed are the scene’s location and its representation at Paris’s urban and monumental center, ground zero of France’s symbolic order and its crisis of modern art and politics, which the painting does nothing to assuage. Markers of filiation and affiliation are explored, including Lepic’s dog: its aesthetic function; its art historical pedigree in Pisanello’s Saint George fresco; and its descent from a medalist in the 1863 Exposition universelle canine, a testing ground for modern eugenics.Um das wachsende Interesse um Degas und Rasse entgegen dem Strom der Kunstgeschichtsschreibung zu beantworten analysiert dieser Artikel das Bild Vizegraf Lepic und seine Töchter beim Überqueren der Place de la Concorde als Aufdecker der Leere der Familiengenealogien, des Patriarchats, des Stammbaums, der Rasse und der Abstammung sowie der künstlerischen Abstammung. Der Autor analysiert den Ort der gemalten Szene, seine Darstellung im urbanen und monumentalen Zentrum von Paris, im Epizentrum der symbolischen Ordnung Frankreichs, sowie die Krise der modernen Kunst und der Politik – das Gemälde mildert diese Bestandteile nicht. Zeichen der Abstammung und der Zugehörigkeit werden hier untersucht, darunter auch Lepics Hund, seine ästhetische Funktion, sein kunsthistorisches Pedigree (durch das Fresko des Heiligen Georg von Pisanello) und seine Abstammung (ein Medaillengewinner auf der Welthundeausstellung 1863), die ein Testgelände für moderne Eugenik bilden.In opposizione agli studi storiografici, il presente articolo mira a rispondere al crescente interesse intorno a Degas e alla nozione di razza, dimostrando come Il visconte Lepic e le sue figlie che attraversano place de la Concorde sia un dispositivo concepito per rivelare la vacuità delle genealogie di famiglia, del patriarcato, del pedigree, della razza, del lignaggio e dell’ascendenza artistica. Vengono qui analizzati sia la rappresentazione dello spazio dipinto nel quadro e la sua collocazione nel centro urbano e monumentale di Parigi – epicentro dell’ordine simbolico della Francia – sia la crisi dell’arte moderna e della politica, che il dipinto non sembra celare. Sono inoltre analizzati i simboli di filiazione e affiliazione, compreso il cane di Lepic, di cui vengono analizzati la funzione estetica, il pedigree nella storia dell’arte – attraverso l’affresco di San Giorgio di Pisanello – e la sua ascendenza (un cane premiato all’Esposizione universale canina del 1863, primo terreno di prova per l’eugenismo moderno).A contra corriente de la historiografía, en este artículo se trata de responder al creciente interés alrededor de Degas y la raza, demostrando que El vizconde Lepic y sus hijas atraviesan la plaza de la Concordia es un dispositivo concebido para revelar la vacuidad de las genealogías de la familia, del patriarcado, del pedigrí, de la raza, del linaje, así como de la ascendencia artística. Son analizados el lugar de la escena pintada, su representación en el centro urbano y monumental de Paris, en el epicentro del orden simbólico de Francia, así como la crisis del arte moderno y de la política – elementos que el cuadro no viene a atenuar. Son examinados los marcadores de filiación y de afiliación, incluido el perro de Lepic: su función estética; su pedigrí en la historia del arte por medio del fresco de San Jorge de Pisanello; su ascendencia, un galardonado de la Exposición universal canina de 1863, un terreno de ensayo para la eugenesia moderna

Interpellations : Three Essays on Kent Monkman = Trois essais sur Kent Monkman

"In Interpellations. Three Essays on Kent Monkman the art historians Jonathan D. Katz, Richard W. Hill and Todd Porterfield offer perspectives and analyses on Monkman's work that address history and genre painting, the queered Romantic landscape, the shifting and unfixed subject, race, sexuality conquest and soverignty, and modern versus discontinuous temporality." -- p. [4] of cover

Entretien avec Linda Nochlin

Chaque historienne de l’art, chaque historien de l’art a ses figures tutélaires, son panthéon de personnalités intellectuelles qui ont changé le cours de ses travaux : Linda Nochlin appartient à cette constellation d’étoiles qui, dans l’histoire de l’art de la seconde partie du xxe siècle, a littéralement transformé le cours de la discipline. Il est rare de pouvoir l’avancer aussi explicitement et encore plus de le dater exactement car, en partageant une question en 1971, et non pas en livran..

Les études canadiennes sur l’art en Europe autour de 1800

Vu l’abondance et la diversité des recherches canadiennes consacrées à l’art autour de 1800, il a paru intéressant d’engager une discussion sur ces études menées par des chercheurs échappant aux traditions historiographiques nationales ou univoques. Aussi, les questions qui leur ont été adressées interrogent la spécificité binationale du Canada et sa colonisation pour la période couvrant les xviiie et xixe siècles. On remarquera que les interlocuteurs renvoient souvent l’auteure des questions..

A cohort study of in utero polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratio

Abstract: Background: Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous industrial chemicals that persist in the environment and in human fatty tissue. PCBs are related to a class of compounds known as dioxins, specifically 2,3,7,8-TCDD (tetrachloro-dibenzodioxin), which has been implicated as a cause of altered sex ratio, especially in relation to paternal exposures. Methods: In the 1960's, serum specimens were collected from pregnant women participating in the Child Health and Development Study in the San Francisco Bay Area. The women were interviewed and their serum samples stored at -20°C. For this study, samples were thawed and a total of eleven PCBs were determined in 399 specimens. Secondary sex ratio, or sex ratio at birth, was evaluated as a function of maternal serum concentrations using log-binomial and logistic regression, controlling for hormonally active medications taken during pregnancy. Results: The relative risk of a male birth decreased by 33% comparing women at the 90th percentile of total PCBs with women at the 10th percentile (RR = 0.67; 95% CI, 0.48–0.94; p = 0.02), or by approximately 7% for each 1 μg/L increase in total PCB concentration. Although some congener-specific associations with sex ratio were only marginally statistically significant, all nine PCB congeners with < 30% of samples below the LOQ showed the same direction of association, an improbable finding under the null hypothesis. Conclusion: Maternal exposure to PCBs may be detrimental to the success of male sperm or to the survival of male embryos. Findings could be due to contaminants, metabolites or PCBs themselves

Evidence-based Kernels: Fundamental Units of Behavioral Influence

This paper describes evidence-based kernels, fundamental units of behavioral influence that appear to underlie effective prevention and treatment for children, adults, and families. A kernel is a behavior–influence procedure shown through experimental analysis to affect a specific behavior and that is indivisible in the sense that removing any of its components would render it inert. Existing evidence shows that a variety of kernels can influence behavior in context, and some evidence suggests that frequent use or sufficient use of some kernels may produce longer lasting behavioral shifts. The analysis of kernels could contribute to an empirically based theory of behavioral influence, augment existing prevention or treatment efforts, facilitate the dissemination of effective prevention and treatment practices, clarify the active ingredients in existing interventions, and contribute to efficiently developing interventions that are more effective. Kernels involve one or more of the following mechanisms of behavior influence: reinforcement, altering antecedents, changing verbal relational responding, or changing physiological states directly. The paper describes 52 of these kernels, and details practical, theoretical, and research implications, including calling for a national database of kernels that influence human behavior

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performance of the spacecraft, telescope, science instruments, and ground system, with an emphasis on differences from pre-launch expectations. Commissioning has made clear that JWST is fully capable of achieving the discoveries for which it was built. Moreover, almost across the board, the science performance of JWST is better than expected; in most cases, JWST will go deeper faster than expected. The telescope and instrument suite have demonstrated the sensitivity, stability, image quality, and spectral range that are necessary to transform our understanding of the cosmos through observations spanning from near-earth asteroids to the most distant galaxies

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performance of the spacecraft, telescope, science instruments, and ground system, with an emphasis on differences from pre-launch expectations. Commissioning has made clear that JWST is fully capable of achieving the discoveries for which it was built. Moreover, almost across the board, the science performance of JWST is better than expected; in most cases, JWST will go deeper faster than expected. The telescope and instrument suite have demonstrated the sensitivity, stability, image quality, and spectral range that are necessary to transform our understanding of the cosmos through observations spanning from near-earth asteroids to the most distant galaxies.Comment: 5th version as accepted to PASP; 31 pages, 18 figures; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/acb29