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HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: Illustrating Illness By Elisa DiOdoardo Elisa DiOdoardo is a junior at Syracuse University. She is studying English Education/English & Textual Studies with a minor in Art History. Francisco de Goya is an acclaimed Spanish artist who is identified with the Romantic movement, and his etching titled De que mal morira? […]

HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: Romanticizing a “Specimen” of Gothic Architecture By Sophia Cai Sophia Cai is a senior at Syracuse University, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Art History. Born in Queens, New York, she enjoys travelling, cooking for friends, and exploring art museums. Augustus Pugin was a British architect in the nineteenth century […]

   Upon first glance in class, I was very taken by William Blake’s delicate and moving cover art for his book of poems, Songs of Innocence, published in 1789. I loved the fact that Blake created these books of both his art and his poetry. When you combine art and poetry with something like childhood, as Blake did, you are set for a particularly emotional experience. I have always been moved by children’s abilities to process the world through untouched, untainted, innocent eyes. Blake capitalizes on this notion and makes it the focal point of his book.

HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: Aesthetic Landscape: Asher Brown Durand and the Delaware Water Gap By Meghan Vonden Steinen Meghan Vonden Steinen is a junior majoring in chemistry at Syracuse University. She enjoys music, traveling, museums and spontaneous adventures. As a double minor in art history and history, she looks forwarded to a career in […]

HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: A Look At William Blake and His Masterpiece, “When the Morning Stars Sang Together” From Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job. By Graciela Anne-Marie Wimmer Graciela Wimmer is a senior majoring in sociology at Syracuse University. She is from Washington DC where she practices art in both drawing and […]

HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: J.M.W. Turner’s Fascination with the Sea By Abby Boglioli Abby Boglioli is a freshman at Syracuse University. She is majoring in stage management in the Drama department and enjoys reading, spending time in the sun, and hanging out with her friends. Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in London in […]

HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: A “Sparkle” Within a Landscape By Jonathan Chau Jonathan Chau is a junior at Syracuse University majoring in magazine journalism with a minor in art history. He is an ardent admirer of fashion, performance art, and all things cultural (high, low, and everything in between). In an 1876 letter, Samuel […]

HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: Dreams and Nightmares: Examining John Flaxman’s Penelope’s Dream By Gabriella Lawson Gabriella Lawson is a rising senior at Syracuse University. She is majoring in art history and is interested in the role of art history in fashion design. John Flaxman illustrates a moment in The Odyssey when Minerva or Athena, […]

HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: Eugène Delacroix’s Étude de Femme in the History of the Female Nude By Lilian Schmidt Lily Schmidt is a junior at Syracuse University. She is an acting major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and she is minoring in art history in the College of Arts and Sciences. […]

HOME ESSAYS ABOUT Search: Search: Antoine-Louis Barye, the King of the Animalier By Kathryn Flynn Kathryn Flynn is a sophomore studying art photography at Syracuse University. Along with creating her mixed media portfolio, she enjoys exploring fashion design, popular culture, and art history. Antoine-Louis Barye was named “Michelangelo of the menagerie” by art critic Théophile […]