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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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Caves of Hella: Visual and Environmental Clues for the Early Medieval Christian Settlement in Southern Iceland

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2024-April-30
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This thesis explores the early medieval Christian settlement in Iceland through an interdisciplinary approach that combines Art History and Earth Science. The primary focus of the thesis is the artificial caves in Hella, Iceland. By examining literature, regional climate changes...

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Dream Weaver

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2024-May-12
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This is the Senior Project of Sophie "Xia" Lai, class of 2024. The project contains five hand bound books: The original, three small copies, and one large copy. The non-linear graphic novel is created from visualizations from their dream journal...

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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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Surreal Dollhouse

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2024-May-12
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"Surreal Dollhouse," by Jordyn Panzer is an immersive art installation exploring themes of identity and psychological introspection. Through a series of interconnected dollhouse rooms, Panzer engages viewers with surreal, dream-like elements that challenge perceptions of self and reality. The installation...

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Surreal Dollhouse

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2024-May-12
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"Surreal Dollhouse," by Jordyn Panzer is an immersive art installation exploring themes of identity and psychological introspection. Through a series of interconnected dollhouse rooms, Panzer engages viewers with surreal, dream-like elements that challenge perceptions of self and reality. The installation...

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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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Word Play: An Interactive Response to Loneliness

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2024-May-12
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Like most people, I’ve struggled with loneliness and everything that comes with it. The depression, the anxiety, the social ineptitude, the non-interaction; I’ve seen it all, babey, and I wanted to make art in response. Not art that wallowed in...

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