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Triumph and Tradition in Veronese's Venice: Political Propaganda in the Doge's Palace
Works such as the Triumph of Venice seem only ornate, skillfully painted images of allegory and overblown state glory. Yet upon further inspection, the relationship of this work to the Paradise connects the power of the ...
Broken Art: The Impact of Nazi Cultural Policy on Art
Every element of the Nazi Third Reich focused on collective strategy and conformity. Hitler reorganized the military, the government, and culture itself to create his new vision of a unified Germanic people. . . . As a ...
Land, Women, and Power: The Bayeux Tapestry and the Secular Epic Tradition
As an artifact and representation of the Anglo-Norman period of English history, the Bayeux Tapestry stands unparalleled. The only surviving work of its kind, the Bayeux Tapestry provides information for scholars with ...
The Birth of the Modern Book: Re-reading Vollard's Livres d'artistes
Ambroise Vollard certainly treated all his book projects as works of art. He was tremendously involved in all his book projects, from choosing the literary artist and visual artist to editing the final appearance of the ...
The Photographic Image: New High Art of the Twentieth Century
The production of the photograph, by exposing the negative film to light through the aperture of the camera can be qualified as the "art" of photography; mastering the "art" has everything to do with the process of creation. ...
Pope Nicholas IV and the Feast of the Assumption: Style as Propaganda
In 1288, Pope Nicholas IV took advantage of the popularity of the Feast of the Assumption among pilgrims and centered his program of patronage on the two churches involved in the procession: St. John Lateran and Santa ...
A Church Triumphant: The Evolution of the Austrian Baroque from Solari 's Salzburg Cathedral to Fischer von Erlach's Karlskirche
Political events can directly affect both the development and dissemination of artistic styles. War not only has the power to interrupt the flow of ideas, but it can also affect the very
ideas themselves. The Thirty Years ...
The Nine Friends of Suzhou: A Study of Traditional Chinese Fan Painting from the Qing Dynasty in the Groke Mickey Collection at Washington and Lee University
The Groke Mickey Fan Collection at the Reeves Center of Washington and Lee University represents a variety of styles and trends during the closing years of the Qing Dynasty in China. By choosing to look at this selection ...
Mondrian's Boogie Woogie Beat
Most art historians attribute Mondrian's stylistic changes in New York to New York: skyscrapers, people, lights, advertisements, and jazz. They also compartmentalize Mondrian's New York work from the rest of his career, ...
Louis Comfort Tiffany and His Art Nouveau Lamps
This paper will address the life of Louis Comfort Tiffany in the context of two products made at his glass studio on Corona Island, New York, around 1900: the Hanging-head Dragonfly lamp, and the Spider-web lamp. First, a ...