Art History Honors Program

2024 Thesis Projects

Historic female figure in robes surrounded by objects and a reference to Christ

Grace Ann Arulanandam

Waxing and Waning: The Life and Art of Caterina de Julianis ▸

Painting of two female figures lounging on bed

Morgan Boudousquie

Stitching Identity: Analyzing the Use of Color and Fashion in Portraiture by James Abbott McNeill Whistler ▸

digitally manipulated image showing landscape at dusk repeating horizontally in frame

Maris Green

Defining Authenticity in Fine Arts Photography ▸

Four people working at archaeological field site interacting with wall mural

Reimaging Reproductions: Preserving Cultural Heritage ▸

Four headless mannequins positioned on a dais and adorned in different male business suits

Miranda Hynes

Who Guards the Art? Fred Wilson’s Guarded View, Museum Security Guards, and Equity in the Museum ▸

Detail of painting showing female figure adorned in extravagant dress and head piece holding a staff

New World, New Horizons: Sophia of Hanover and Elite Female Self-Representation ▸

Surrealist painting showing white goose in foreground and mysterious masked figures in background standing around a table or caldron

Virginia Lummis

Beyond Mythological Interpretation: The Interconnectedness of Leonora Carrington’s Writing and Painting ▸

Artwork of collaged newsprint covered with red and black blended paint in which the word morphine has been etched

Ellis Morgan

Derek Jarman, AIDS, and rhetoric ▸

film still showing figure facing camera with arms outstretched holding what may be a gun

Paisley Polk

Stray Dogs: David Wojnarowicz and the One-Tribe Nation ▸

historic etching of Le Temple de Xochicalco surrounded by figures

Alexia Zurovec

Americanism in Paris: French Archaeology and Imperialism in Mexico, 1820–1870 ▸