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Queens and their Castles: Daenerys Khaleesi, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons etc.

Daenerys of House Targaryen, first of her name, the last in this series and with far too many titles for me to include in the title of this piece.

Queens and their Castles: Cersei, First of her Name

Long may she reign.

Queens and their Castles: Sansa, Lady of Winterfell

In this series, I wish to examine three female characters in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In Westeros, castles are often used as examples of metonymy, standing in as representations of the family itself and their factions within the political sphere. These characters have at times embraced or eschewed their familial identities to suit […]Read Post ›

Aesthetics of Excess: Rococo Revisited

In the current sociopolitical climate, I’ve been engaging with art that explicitly  functions as psychological release or as a social or political agent. Art can take a stand, art can unite and art can heal.  But is there still room to think about art that is simply for looking at?  Can art be cosmetic instead […]Read Post ›

Profiles in Art: Rebecca Bedell

Rebecca Bedell is an Associate Professor of the Art of the United States, Art Department, Wellesley College.  Professor Bedell is author of The Anatomy of Nature: Geology and American Landscape Painting, 1825-1875 and the soon to be published Moved to Tears: Rethinking the Art of the Sentimental in the United States. She is also much beloved […]Read Post ›

On Freedom of the Press

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” If you asked me what I remember most fondly from […]Read Post ›

Memento Mori: A Look at Guernica

A Nazi officer, upon seeing an image of the iconic painting (supposedly) asked “Did you do that?” “No,” Picasso replied. “You did.” In the days since the new administration took office (and indeed the months before it), the rampant xenophobia and aggressive patriotism have led many to speculate that the current socio-political climate uncannily matches […]Read Post ›

Donald Trump vs. The Arts

In a recent graduate school interview – after the inauguration – a professor asked me, “what socio-cultural or political situation are you most concerned about in our time?” Immediately after posing the question, he paused, then quipped, “Oh…this question was written before last Friday. I think I know what we’re all most concerned about.” I […]Read Post ›

wth now?: prep for library school

For the past ten or so months, I have been in a panic. A sort of existential crisis, filled with questions about what the hell to do next. Which, to be entirely honest, was a very privileged and stupid problem. I’ve wanted to do basically the same thing since I was 16: work in a […]Read Post ›

A (Measured) Defense of Modernism

“Modern” is a word that gets thrown around in our everyday conversations but in the Art World, it means something very specific. A movement that arose at the dawn of the 20th century in Europe, Modernism has complex aesthetic, historical and philosophical implications. Anyone who has taken a class with me knows that I have […]Read Post ›

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