Before I opened this article, I was skeptical because the Artnet News Facebook page described it as “Your favorite Klimt paintings, transformed into high-end fashion photography.” High-end fashion photography tends to either be trendy and chic or ridiculous and overdone. However, upon opening the link and seeing Inge Prader’s photographs in comparison with the paintings, I […]Read Post ›
This is the first installment of a series we are trying at the Female Gaze where we revisit the first essays related to Art History that we wrote. I originally came to Wellesley thinking I would be a Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies double major, but took Writing in Art History for my first-year […]Read Post ›
I freely admit that I am more than a little biased about Rome. Two years ago, I lived in the Eternal City for ten weeks and the experience left an incredible impression on me. One of the most striking features of the cityscape is the great visibility of its “layers” – as the capital of […]Read Post ›
Anyone who saw my college dorm room knows that I love collecting vintage travel posters. It felt like I was turning my walls into a mid-century microcosm of the world by having the great cities juxtaposed with one another. Originally designed by tourism bureaus, railroad and airline companies throughout the first half of the 20th century, […]Read Post ›
From the 800s BCE through the 600s BCE, the ancient world experienced the rise of the Neo-Assyrian empire, which expanded from its centers at Nimrud and Nineveh (Iraq) along the Tigris and Euphrates west to the Syro-Phoenician coastline (modern day Lebanon and Syria) and east to modern-day Iran. As a military power house, the Assyrians […]Read Post ›
Trigger Warning: Mentions of SV When Bill Bryson found success with his writing in the late 90’s, there was a surge in the number of trail memoirs published. Then in 2012, when Cheryl Strayed released Wild, the doors opened for women in the genre. A few days ago I finished reading the memoir Girl In […]Read Post ›
Just recently Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting TV show was released on YouTube. I think it is safe to say that most everyone who knows of Bob Ross was excited to hear that news. I remember when I was a kid watching an episode of Bob Ross’ show for the first time. I was completely mesmerized. […]Read Post ›
Although I have always considered myself a Bostonian, I have never lived in the city proper-until now.
Disney has received a lot of criticism over the years. I recently heard an opinion that piqued my interest and made me want to delve into the deep dark world of Disney’s character development. This opinion in particular had to do with whether or not Belle from Beauty And The Beast is a good person, but […]Read Post ›
Throughout my undergraduate career, I have had very few academic experiences that fundamentally changed the way that I saw the world and myself in it (I could probably count that number on one hand). However, one such event occurred last spring in my Disneyland seminar: when I was introduced to the philosophies of Modernism and Postmodernism. […]Read Post ›
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