Past Projects
Past Honors Projects
Bridging Cultures: Viewing and Creating Japanese Spaces in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century French Art
By: Margaret Bryan '15
A "Peculiarly American" Enthusiasm: George Bellows, Traditional Masculinity, and The Big Dory
By: James W. Denison '14
Walton Ford and the Art of Capturing Nature
By: Zoë E.D. Lescaze '12
Envisioning an American ideal: Masculinity and Traditional Work Ethic in George Bellows' Paintings of Maine Shipbuilding
By: Caitlin M. Beach '10
Objects of Preeminence, Dignity, and Merit: The Limoges Painted Enamel Collection of Henry Clay Frick
By: Margaret S. Crosland '10
Past Independent Studies
Julian Tamayo '16
Title: Thimbles, Queer Letters, and Supreme Court Bench Chairs: A Material Culture Study of Objects at the College
An Art History major/Education Studies minor, Julian’s project used the exciting lens of material culture to ask: “What do objects say?” “How do they speak?” “What are the lives of the things around us?” Completed under the guidance of Professor Dana Byrd, the project extended across two seminars and an independent study (fall 2015).
Julián Huertas '16
Title: The National September 11 Memorial: Success and Failures in Creating a United States National Terrorist Memorial for Lower Manhattan, New York City
An Art History and Visual Arts interdisciplinary major, Julián completed his project under the guidance of Professor Dana Byrd (fall 2015).
Ziqi Li '15
Title: An Yimin and Defender of Chinese Heritage: Zhang Daqian’s Landscape Paintings on Self-Exile
Ziqi Li, an Art History and Economics double major, conducted her research on Chinese ink painting under the guidance of Professor Peggy Wang (fall 2015).
Alice Wang '15
Title: Exposing Technology: Picturing Photography in Paint with Winslow Homer's Sharpshooter
An Art history major/ Education Studies minor, Alice completed her independent study under the guidance of Professor Dana Byrd (fall 2014).
Sarah Haimes '15
Title: At Work, At Rest: The Notion of Family on Grossneck Road
An Art History and Visual Arts interdisciplinary major with an archaeology minor, Sarah curated an exhibition of photographs from a recent gift by the artist Olive Pierce. This independent study was completed under the guidance of Professor Dana Byrd (spring 2015) and culminated in the exhibition, Olive Pierce: Photographing a Maine Fishing Community at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
