Browsing W&L Dept. of Art and Art History by Issue Date
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The Democratization of American Art: Horatio Greenough's George Washington and the Era of the Common Man
Considering that Greenough's Washington represents the first federal commission granted to an American sculptor, art historical literature on this sculpture is surprisingly limited. The leading scholar on Greenough and his ... -
From Lexington to the Luxembourg Gardens: An Artist Rediscovered (thesis)
"Modern," as it applies to art, is a convenient catch-all term but hardly descriptive of anyone trend or style. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, innumerable painters, sculptors, and decorative artists emerged ... -
The Power of Ojbects: An Exploration Into the Work of Chiharu Shiota (thesis)
I begin this thesis with a discussion of Shiota's Across the Continents. Seeing this exhibit in the spring of 2015 inspired what was to become this year-long project. Throughout this thesis, I explore Shiota's Across the ... -
The General's House: The Lee House as Building, Home, and Shrine (thesis)
Houses that still fill their intended role of "family home" rarely can be described as a shrine or memorial, yet that is the best way to describe the Lee House. While built to house a university president, a function it ... -
A Mat of Serpents: Aztec Strategies of Control from an Empire in Decline
As an amalgamation of the self and the other, identity offers a blurred line between liberation and limitation. In skewing too far toward the self, the individual risks stagnation, blinding themselves to the possibilities ... -
Critiques of a Strategist: Jean-Michel Basquiat (thesis)
Jean-Michael Basquiat (1960-1988) was one of the most distinguished artists of the 1980s international art scene. His strategic alliances with the media and major galleries in New York City allowed him to legitimize his ... -
No Strings Attached: Fernando Botero's "Boy Playing Guitar" in Context
This thesis serves to expand upon our understanding of Fernando Botero's early career through the analysis of an undocumented work entitled "Boy Playing Guitar." This painting is a crucial work in Botero's early stylistic ... -
Florence + The Machine: A Computational Approach to Florentine Liturgical Manuscript Illuminations from the Late Trecento (thesis)
This thesis investigates early methods to use artificial intelligence to sort images of medieval Italian manuscript illuminations by workshop from 1360 to 1400. Sorted images were passed through a 2-dimensional convolutional ... -
The Symbiotic Relationship Between Klimt and the Bourgeoisie for the Development of Artistic Identity (thesis)
Fin-de-siècle Vienna was a hotbed of cultural activity with an ethnically diverse population because it was the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This turbulent time in history led to the formation of the Vienna ... -
If Walls Could Talk: A Case Study at Pompeii (thesis)
Building upon the work of Bettina Bergmann, who shows the critical importance of memory in the creation and reception of Roman domestic painting, I will explore the complexity and multivalence of Roman collective social ... -
The Careful Crafting of a Utopia: Yves Klein and the Anthropometric Event of March 9, 1960 (thesis)
. . . I have attempted to examine the Anthropometric event using a larger analytical framework -- I have looked back to the artist's earlier works, placed the performance within its socio-historical context, and prioritized ... -
Res Publica and the Macy's on 34th Street (thesis)
This shift in perspective in turn articulates the protean nature of New York City's worldbuilding projects--their intentional and unintentional uses--provides the framework for the history of the department store type, and ... -
Affect(ed) (thesis)
I survived with only 28 stitches and the loss of feeling in my right ear. But the physical scars healed much faster than those on the inside. . . . Through interviews with my family, I began to dissect many of these ... -
Multiple Solutions to the "problem of the window" : A Historiographic Approach to René Magritte's Paintings-Within-Paintings (thesis)
I intend to look at the historiography of interpretations of Magritte's Fair Captive series to find the strongest methodology for the series' specifically. Because Magritte returned to the Fair Captive theme so often ... -
Accessing the Divine: Private Devotional Diptychs and Triptychs of Fifteenth-Century Flanders (thesis)
Diptychs were not static portraits but rather functioning objects.' They demanded active viewer participation and contemplation. Yet, the diptych represents a very specific genre that developed because of the religious ... -
Re-Imagined Elephants: Authenticity, Authority, and Culture in Indian and South African Souvenirs (thesis)
In brief, then, to properly understand these elephants and other cultural constructions, I posit that these souvenirs present ‘imagined representations'–deliberate, economically beneficial, and performative identities ... -
At the Forefront of Feminism: William Merritt Chase and the American New Woman
Chase married Alice Gerson, whose father managed a large lithography firm, in 1886. She proved to be an inspiration for Chase throughout the rest of his life and frequently appears in his work. While other artists painted ... -
The Challenges Facing Changemakers in Increasing Museum Collection & Exhibit Inclusivity (thesis)
Over the last forty years, growing demands from activists and stakeholders have increased pressure on museums throughout the United States to diversify their permanent collections, exhibitions and programming by including ...