Art Studies

Research

The Fusion of Eastern and Western Cultures

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2024) / HS Research Projects

…Inspiration from the culture can clearly be seen in his Japanese-styled garden at Giverny but also in the painting La Japoinaise (1876), which allowed him to critique fellow French artists who embraced the Japonisme movement for its exoticism…

Virtual Exhibition Curating

Josephine Nivison Hopper:

Artist, Muse and Catalyst

This exhibition uniquely consolidates and examines the scattered and largely overlooked works of Josephine Nivison Hopper, an artist who has often been overshadowed by her husband, Edward Hopper…..

The paper compares Leonardo da Vinci’s and Raphael’s interpretations of the Annunciation, highlighting how their artistic styles, use of light, perspective, and symbolism reflect their individual approaches to depicting the divine and the cultural values of the Renaissance.

Raphael The Annunciation 1502-1503 Tempera grassa on canvas. 10.6 in x 19.6 in.
Leonardo daVinci The Annunciation 1472-1476 Oil and tempera on poplar panel, 39 in × 85 in

This study explores the artistic and historical context of four works from The MET’s Harlem Renaissance exhibition: In Memory of Mary Turner, Dark Rapture, Mother and Daughter, and Aspiration. Through analyzing these works, the study also provides insight into how art serves as a medium for expressing history through the artist’s perspective and historical interpretation.

Meta Vauz Warrick Fuller, In Memory of Mary Turner as a Silent Protest Against Mob Violence, Painted Plaster, 1919.
Beauford Delaney, Dark Rapture (James Baldwin), Oil on Masonite, 1941.
Laura Wheeler Waring, Mother and Daughter, Oil on Canvas Board, 1927.
Aaron Douglas, Aspiration, Oil on Canvas, 1936.

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