Mar 6

Materials Maketh the Man: Copper and Nudity in Charles V and Furor

Thu, March 6, 2025 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm (1h) • Boliou 104
Detail image of a bronze sculpture showing a chained Furor cowering at the feet of Charles V

Edwin L. Weisl Lectureship in the Arts sponsored by the Robert Lehman Foundation with support from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wendy Sepponen is an art historian specializing in the material cultures of early modern Hapsburg territories both in Europe and the Americas, with a focus on sculpture, materials and technical processes.

She received her doctoral degree in art history from the University of Michigan in 2018 and has taught there and at Carleton College in Minnesota.

She has also worked in museums, including the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. No stranger to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, she was recently the venue curator at the Meadows Museum at SMU for the exhibition “Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain.”

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Event Contact: Jessica Keating

Event Summary

Materials Maketh the Man: Copper and Nudity in Charles V and Furor
  • Intended For: General Public, Students, Faculty, Staff, Emeriti, Alums, Prospective Students, Families
  • Categories: Lecture/Panel

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