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Art History Essays

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Orientalism

This is an exhibition I created for a modern art history class. It explores how Western artists represented the "Orient". Building on Edward Said’s theory, the exhibition questions how religion, particularly Islam, complicates the West’s exoticized and often erotic depictions of these regions. 

Cellini's Ambition 

This is an essay that I wrote for my Renaissance art history class about Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and Medusa Sculpture and its intertwining use of mythology, politics, and materiality. Through its creation process and strategic placement, the piece functions as a material allegory.

German vs. Soviet Union Poster Propaganda

In this essay, I explore the semiotics of poster propaganda in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Through examination of subject matter, form, and politics we can see the similarities and differences between the two nations agenda during revolutions.

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