Art and Performance

The First Panoramas Visions of British Imperialism Denise Blake Oleksijczuk 2011 Spring

Exploring the 360-degree panorama: the late eighteenth-century origins of immersive visual spectacle

Sister Arts The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes Lisa L. Moore 2011 Spring

How eighteenth-century artists created works that expressed their desire for other women

To and from Utopia in the New Cuban Art Rachel Weiss 2010 Fall

The definitive critical history of the new Cuban art

Felt Fluxus, Joseph Beuys, and the Dalai Lama Chris Thompson 2011 Spring

What happens when nothing happens?

Developing Animals Wildlife and Early American Photography Matthew Brower 2010 Fall

How the emergence of wildlife photography changed the way we think about animals

The Ethics of Earth Art Amanda Boetzkes 2010 Spring

Analyzing the ethical stance of the earth art movement from the 1960s to the present

María Brito Juan A. Martinez 2010 Spring

Exploring the art and personal iconography of the prominent Cuban-born American sculptor and installation artist

Suzanne Lacy Spaces Between Sharon Irish 2010 Spring

The first in-depth exploration of the dynamic work of this radical artist

Imagined Museums Art and Modernity in Postcolonial Morocco Katarzyna Pieprzak 2010 Spring

What happens when national museums fall apart?

Screens Viewing Media Installation Art Kate Mondloch 2010 Spring

Investigates how viewers experience screen-based art in museums

Drawing on Art Duchamp and Company Dalia Judovitz 2010 Spring

How Duchamp and his collaborators creatively challenged the meaning of art and authorship

Modernism after Wagner Juliet Koss 2009 Fall

The first critical history of Wagner’s concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk and its impact on European modernism

Antidiets of the Avant-Garde From Futurist Cooking to Eat Art Cecilia Novero 2009 Fall

Reveals the multiple intersections of the European avant-garde with food

String, Felt, Thread The Hierarchy of Art and Craft in American Art Elissa Auther 2009 Fall

A beautifully illustrated history of the use of fiber in the American art world in the postwar era

Capturing the Criminal Image From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society Jonathan Finn 2009 Fall

What do contemporary police procedures tell us about criminality?

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