The French Blueprint Behind America’s Capital with Emmanuel Ducamp

Name: The French Blueprint Behind America’s Capital with Emmanuel Ducamp
Start: 2027-03-30T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2027-03-30T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Dixon Education Building

Tuesday, March 30, 2027 · Dixon Education Building

When Pierre L’Enfant submitted his plan for the new federal capital in 1791, he drew not from the republican ideals of the young American nation but from the grandeur of Versailles, its radiating boulevards, its geometric gardens, its unmistakably monarchical scale. Art historian Emmanuel Ducamp will trace the deep and often surprising French imprint on …