David Lubin Presents "Behind the Mask: WWI, Plastic Surgery, and the Modern Beauty Revolution"
Discover how one artist's work helped mask the injuries of those wounded in World War I.
WWI era sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd* is a largely forgotten figure today, but one remarkable moment in her career captured the imagination of Wake Forest University Art Professor David Lubin. During the war, a friend of Ladd's told her about some fascinating sculpting work being done in Europe. Using galvanized copper, artists were creating lifelike masks for soldiers horribly disfigured during trench warfare. Ladd was inspired to contribute, and her efforts are chronicled in David's upcoming lecture "Behind the Mask: WWI, Plastic Surgery, and the Modern Beauty Revolution".
David Lubin's upcoming book due out in February on University of California Press is titled Flags and Faces: The Visual Culture of America's First World War. David's lecture is Monday night, Oct. 27th, in Byrum Welcome Center on the Wake campus. The Lifelong Learning event begins at 7:30pm. It's free and open to the public.
David is also lecturing on the 19th century book illustrator Howard Pyle and his influence on the movies at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library later that week: Thursday, Oct. 30, at 4:00. Title: "Pyle's Pirates and the Silver Screen".
*The Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art recently posted a collection of Anna Coleman Ladd's papers online, including letters, photos, diary entries and other texts documenting her work.
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