Urban Neurosis
A short interpretative analysis of Steven Meisel's June 1990 editorial for Vogue Italia titled "Linda as Sophia."
The Modern Concrete Jungle
During the early twentieth-century, African American photographer James Van Der Zee developed a new visual lexicon for Black subjects.
Migratory cotton picker, the Type
Dorothea Lange’s Migratory cotton picker, Eloy, Arizona (1940, printed c. 1965) documents a shared reality shaped through adversity and resilience.
Absolute Acceptance: Jusepe de Ribera’s The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (1634) Gallery Label
Jusepe de Ribera’s The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (1634) Gallery Label
Death after Life: Alexander McQueen’s The Hunger Spring/Summer 1996
Alexander McQueen’s tract on the nature of mortality.
The Eroticized Austerity of the Male Body: Sebastiane (1976), Caravaggio, and El Greco
The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, a staple homoerotic subject in seventeenth-century European art, is revisited by Paul Humfress and Derek Jarman, a director at the forefront of experimental arthouse British cinema during the late twentieth century.
Soft Beauty
A comparison of the stylistic similarities between Valentin de Boulogne and Caravaggio.
Appetizing Objects
A short interpretative analysis of the treatment of feet in Caravaggio’s Madonna di Loreto (ca. 1604-06)