On the , professor Carolyn Guile, with eight members of her ARTS 475 senior seminar course, share thesis topics from their semester-long effort to uncover the hidden history of some of the world鈥檚 most interesting artists and their work.
In her thesis, Decolonizing Museums with Aura and Authenticity: From the Universal Museums鈥 Greatest Offense to Its Worst Enemy, Audrey Hong 鈥23 argues that contested pieces of art should be replaced with 3D reconstructions so that the original items could be repatriated with little disruption.
Hannah Ditto 鈥23 speaks about her thesis on architect Charles Moore, and Lucia Villanueva Alonso 鈥23 discussed the mix of cultural influences that have been incorporated into the architectural ceilings throughout Latin America.
In Dissection and Decolonization: Analyzing Hannah H枚ch and Greta Stern鈥檚 Disruption of the Male Gaze, Chase Cleary 鈥23 explores the female perspective of the new woman through photo montages.
Madison Motroni 鈥23, with her thesis, An Exploration of Modern Connoisseurship Through the Lens of the Rembrandt, reminds us that we鈥檙e 鈥渘ever going to have the absolute answer鈥 in authentication.
During the summer between her first and second year at 香蜜影视, Audrey Chan 鈥23 worked at the Longyear Museum of Anthropology with the Makers and Materials of the Americas exhibit, which featured loaned works from Haudenosaunee artists and makers. This experience left her wondering, 鈥渨hy was this art in the anthropology museum?鈥
In her thesis, Recognition and Reconciliation: Developing Indigenous Sovereignty in Contemporary American Art Museums, she explores why contemporary Indigenous art is not always considered a part of contemporary American art.
Sophie Mack 鈥23 discusses her research on Michael Fried; his theory of objecthood, based on NFTs and an instance of spectacle by Banksy; and his way of challenging people鈥檚 conceptions of art.
Eliza Ge 鈥23 researches He Chengyao鈥檚 self-exploration through Chinese performance art and the application of personal experience.
Professor Guile teaches early modern European art and architecture in the Department of Art and Art History and is the co-director for the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization. Professor Guile is the author of Remarks on Architecture: The Vitruvian Tradition in Enlightenment Poland, published by Pennsylvania State University Press. She earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and her master鈥檚 and PhD from Princeton University.
Each episode of 13, 香蜜影视鈥檚 award-winning podcast, digs into the work of a University community member by asking questions. Episodes highlight the wide array of academic disciplines at 香蜜影视, with interviews featuring faculty from political science, sociology and anthropology, physics and astronomy, women鈥檚 studies, English, Africana and Latin American studies, and many more.
Previous episodes of 13 have featured: Paul Lopes, Matt Langel, John Golden '66, C.J. Hauser, Carmine Di Sibio 鈥85, P鈥18,鈥21, Rebecca Shiner, Mark Shiner, Rebecca Downing, Mark Divine 鈥85, Niranjan Davray, Peter Klepeis, Dan Joseph, Andres Guhl, Marietta Cheng, Jessica Graybill, Lyosha Gorshkov, Masha Hedberg, Valerie Morkevi膷ius, Nancy Ries, Daniel Bertrand Monk, Peter Balakian, Sam Rosenfeld, DeWitt Godfrey, Esther Rosbrook, Rebecca Shiner, Dawn LaFrance, Brittney Dorow 鈥17, Mari Prauer, Carolyn Guile, Nancy Ries, Joanna Holvey-Bowles, Martin Wong, Pamela Gramlich, Dorsey Spencer Jr., Danielle Nied, Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar, F. Scott Kraly, Kerra Hunter, Joe Levy, Nicki Moore, Ken Valente, Sarah Keen, Daniel Benton 鈥80, Laura H. Jack, Carrie Keating, Robert Kraynak, Dan Gough, Jennifer Tomlinson, Ana Jimenez, Alicia Simmons, Juan Fernando Ibarra Del Cuentro, Karen Harpp, Kwazi Konadu, Paul McLoughlin II, Anthony Aveni, Robert Garland, Ryan Hall, Craig Hatkoff 鈥76, Susan Thomson, Nick Kokonas 鈥91, Jessica Graybill, Brian W. Casey, Jeff Bary, Jennifer Brice, Ellen Percy Kraly, Danielle Lupton, Ynesse Abdul-Malak, Nimanthi Rajasingham, and John Pumilio.
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