The Happiest Day: Wedding Customs in Transition

The mythology of marriage explored in art! A thematic approach to the material gives an historical perspective on a timely topic. Images of allegorical, religious, and royal weddings from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries will be presented as models for the ideal marriage with Abraham Bosse’s wedding suites (Le mariage à la ville and Le mariage à la compagne) and William Hogarth’s Marriage à la Mode serving as visual critiques on the subject.