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Mourning A Menagerie Of Martyrs, Sarah Jentsch
Mourning A Menagerie Of Martyrs, Sarah Jentsch
Undergraduate Research Conference
As we enter 2017, animals only face more challenges from climate change and shrinking habitat. The endangerment of these species often puts their entire ecosystem at risk. I wanted to highlight this issue by creating a series of prints focusing on a few species threatened by the habitat loss and climate change that comes with our modern way of life.
Abstract-Glaze Testing: Methods And Results, Hannah Perry
Abstract-Glaze Testing: Methods And Results, Hannah Perry
Undergraduate Research Conference
Floating blue is a glaze that appears to have a blue layer floating over an earthy undertone, giving it the illusion of depth. The base of the glaze floating blue was taken aside while its original colorants (rutile, red iron oxide, and cobalt carbonate) were added in different increments with other ones to get different hues. The main goal was to produce a green version of floating blue, that is, a glaze that has the same textural and visual effect as floating blue that instead has a green hue. This was tested by replacing cobalt carbonate with copper carbonate, while …
Bad Curation: Exhibiting "Degenerate Art", Hannah Colletti
Bad Curation: Exhibiting "Degenerate Art", Hannah Colletti
Undergraduate Research Conference
In a time of censorship and social control under the ideology of the Nazi regime, Hitler and his counterparts produced an exhibition to discredit artistic developments deemed inappropriate and counterproductive for society. This project analyzed the ''Degenerate Art'' exhibition within the context of Nazi Germany, giving particular attention to the curatorial methods used to display the works, in order to understand the purpose of this exhibition and evaluate its impact.