Theses 2024 Grace Ann Arulanandam Waxing and Waning: The Life and Art of Caterina de Julianis Morgan Boudousquie Stitching Identity: Analyzing the Use of Color and Fashion in Portraiture by James Abbott McNeill Whistler Maris Green Defining Authenticity in Fine Arts Photography Jamie Hall Reimaging Reproductions: Preserving Cultural Heritage Miranda Hynes Who Guards the Art? Fred Wilson’s Guarded View, Museum Security Guards, and Equity in the Museum Joey Koo New World, New Horizons: Sophia of Hanover and Elite Female Self-Representation Virginia Lummis Beyond Mythological Interpretation: The Interconnectedness of Leonora Carrington’s Writing and Painting Ellis Morgan Derek Jarman, AIDS, and rhetoric Paisley Polk Stray Dogs: David Wojnarowicz and the One-Tribe Nation Alexia Zurovec Americanism in Paris: French Archaeology and Imperialism in Mexico, 1820–1870 2023 Natalie Bruno Creating a Divine Rulership: An Iconographic Analysis of Scene II in the Murals of San Bartolo Isabella Ditzler Mickalene Thomas on Black Womanhood: Psychology, Pop Culture, and the Canon Alessandra Dominguez Volatile Landscapes: The Influence of Regional Climate on Nasca Ceramic Iconography Amara Klemann Incensarios of the Ancient Maya World: The Identity and Function of Censers as Animate Objects Andrew Rappold Depicting Deforestation: National Geographic’s Amazonian Deforestation Jessica Seymour Indigenous Weavers of the Americas: Artistry, Agency and Appropriation Sydney Srnka Painting Politically: The Trangressions of Carolee Schneemann and Miriam Cahn Grace Tighe Access and Excess: Exploring Theater of Manner and The Europeans by Tina Barney and Ricas y famosas by Daniela Rossell 2022 Montse Hernandez Art versus Artisanship?: Artesanías of Oaxaca Alexandra Kader Herrera Embodying Migration with Art: the work of Joiri Minaya and Cecilia Paredes Ryan Tidwell What’s so Funny about Rome? A Look into Western Satirical Depictions of Ancient Rome 2021 Llewyn Blossfeld Seeing “eye to eye”—Joan E. Biren’s photo-book Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians (1979) Katie Bone Irreverence and Perception: The Blount Album and Victorian Photocollage Rae French New Monuments Against Rigidity: Reclaiming Public Space and Reimagining Collective Memory Macaella Gray At the Lock Gates of Surrealism: Bief Magazine (1958–60) Kenzie Grogan Austin’s Museums and Galleries in the Age of Black Lives Matter Megan McKenzie History is Not a Building: A Critical Analysis of Historic Preservation in the United States Alexandra Mills Medieval/Modern Mindsets: Cubism, the Gothic, and the Invisible Worlds of Science and the Fourth Dimension Chloe Powers Diversity and Inclusion in Western Art: The Works of Renee Cox, Mickalene Thomas, and Lalla Essaydi Shireen Shah The Architectural History of Ablaq: Striping in the Mediterranean Mia Stanley Encoded Languages, Epigraphy, and Reception Across Time: A Comparative Analysis of Carved Inscriptions 2020 Elois Caswell The Relaciones Geográficas Map of Misquiahuala: Interpretation and Contextualization Cameron Crawford The Place of the Museum Today: Exploring Two Local Museums Abigail Davis Sensational Metamorphosis Charlotte de Marigny Say Yes to the Dress: Examining Florentine Dress in Portraiture Before and After 1494 Peyton Espley–Jones Berthe Morisot and Expectations of Women Artists: A Fuller Discussion of Woman at Her Toilette Logan Larsen On the Library as Foundation—Aby Warburg’s Systematic Approach to Images and Culture M L Mutrux Comfort and Memory: Artist Kit Keith and the Oral History Process Hannah Seavey Augury Analysis: A Modern Approach to the Study of Classical Roman Architecture Celia Shaheen Flora, fauna, familiars, and folklores in They Come to Us without a Word Yu Shen Irregularity, Grottoes, and Plants: Recontextualizing the Chinese Elements in the English Gardens Nikita Sveshnikov Netsuke on the Neva: Japanese Influence on Russian Sculpture from the House of Fabergé and the Myth of the Decorative Arts Brie Walker The Life and Flight of Assyrian Winged Daemons
