Journal of Undergraduate Research

Alyssa Stromberg and Professor Robert T. Barrett, Illustration Department Project Purpose The purpose of this project/art show is to illustrate the simple, humble lifestyle that is found in the Philippines in a way that affects viewers’ outlook on life and their core values. Status of the Project I have been working on this project for […]

Drew Rane and Professor Peter Everett, Studio Arts The paintings of Eugene Delacroix show an exception power and emotion. Delacroix uses the human figure and color in order to express emotion. There continues to be an important place for the use of representation of the human figure in contemporary art. This is through the expressive […]

Kaled Ostraff and Professor Dan Barney, Art Education Visual Arts Introduction My project’s aim was to apply Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory to art education. His theory describes the process children use to create views or schemas of the external world. He was “intrigued with the reasons children gave for their wrong answers” (McLeod, 2012). I […]

Alexis Ostraff and Professor Gary Barton, Studio Art For a while now I’ve been interested in the role that food plays in the interaction between individuals and groups of people. In my own home growing up I learned to love food and the gatherings that food facilitated, especially family meal-times. I more recently developed the […]

Courtney McWhorter and Professor James Swensen, Art History Department Introduction In Argentina, many of the artists outside of the capitol are not studied despite how important they might be to the history of Argentina. I was once passing through a town in La Pampa, and I walked into a local museum. On a temporary display, […]

Kendra Harris and Dr. James Swensen, Art History and Curatorial Studies Giovanni Paolo Panini was a famous painter during the 18th century, and is mainly known as a vedutisti, or view painter. He is notable for his paintings of Rome, which often incorporated fantastical landscapes of the most renowned sites of the city.1 The purpose […]

Sarah James Dyer and Professor Martha Peacock, Art History and Curatorial Studies Although some scholars think that Skating Owls (1620-1660) by Adriaen van de Venne (Fig. 1) is solely a lighthearted piece, I have found that through his use of iconographic imagery and well-known proverbs, van de Venne was able to generate a work of […]

Jared Lindsay Clark and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Art Studio “The history of painting may be characterized in terms of the gradual withdrawal of painting from the task of representing reality – or of reality from the power of painting to represent it – in favor of an increasing preoccupation with problems intrinsic to painting […]

Nicole Ashley Vance and Dr. Heather Belnap Jensen, Art History and Curatorial Studies Introduction The seaport of Bombay is often referred to India’s “Gothic City.” Reminders of the British Raj are seen throughout South Bombay, embodied in Victorian architecture and sculpture. In the heart of the Bombay lies the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a massive, towering […]

Alyssa Scott and Professor Robert Barrett, Illustration Department The purpose of this project was to explore some of the new possibilities artists have to display artwork and tell stories by creating an interactive, multi-ending ebook. With new technology becoming more accessible every day, the digital medium has become a relevant way to get quality art […]