Vassar College Digital Library

Vassar Scholarship

Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

A Dark Portrait: John Britton’s Denunciation of John Soane

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2023-November-06
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This article presents hitherto overlooked documents at Vassar College in the United States relating to the character and reputation of the architect John Soane (1753–1837). The antiquarian and topographic author John Britton (1771–1857), a lifelong friend and associate of Soane...

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Miyazaki’s Moving Cities: Examining Place, Paradox, and Fantasy in the European Architecture of Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle

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2020-May-16
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As evidenced by the opening sequences of both films, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle can be read both narratively and visually. Jonathan Ellis asserts that Miyazaki can be understood not only as a master storyteller, but also as...

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My Monster and I

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2023-May-15
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My senior Studio Art thesis deals with sleep paralysis, monsters, and my relationship with my own monster, a metaphoric embodiment of the aspects of my self and personality I am uncomfortable with. I used art as a means of identifying...

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To Hear and See with Love -

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2023-May-17
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This project uses photographs and audio as a way to both hear about, and see the lives of Black women in a way that humanizes them without making them into a spectacle within the art world.

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