The University of St. Thomas

   Graduate Student Research

 

Publications | Exhibition Catalogues | Book and Exhibition Reviews 
Conference Presentations | Qualifying Paper Research

 

   Qualifying Paper Research

  • Alysa Ohland. Inspired by the Past: Title Page Design by Andeas Gutterwitz (Spring 2012)
  • Nicole Wankel. The Greatest Secet of this Art: Caravaggio's Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto and the At of Science in Early Modern Italy (Spring 2012) 
  • Ann Bieganek. The "Autoethnography" of a Vanishing Race (Spring 2012)
  • Rita Rios. Cultural Sovereignty in Native American Exhibitions (Spring 2012)
  • Katie Czaniecki Hill. Aaron Douglas's 1926 Halem Renaissance Graphic Illustrations and the Construction of Modern Black Identity (Spring 2012)
  • Ryan Barland. Memorializing National Buildings: Seamus Muphy and Irishness (Fall 2011)
  • Kristine Elias. Musee du Quay Branly: When is a Museum Like a Snake? (Fall 2011)
  • Marria Thompson. Sakiin Mosque: A Contemporary Approach to Tradition (Fall 2011)
  • Carlyn Tillman. William Bullock's "Curiosities": Competition, Collection, and the Emergence of Mexico in the British Academic Consciousness (Fall 2011)
  • Elizabeth Henderson. Identity and Authenticity: Kehinde Wiley’s The World Stage: Africa, Lagos~Dakar (Spring 2010)
  • Rachel Nelson. Between Boredom and Anxiety: Experiencing Creativity and Identity in David Salmela’s Home (Spring 2010)
  • Timothy Virnig. Teatro del Popolo: Piazza del Popolo as Theater in the Rome of Alexander VII  (Spring 2010)
  • Colleen Boyle. The Magazine Cover Girl: Different Perceptions of the American Woman during the 1920s (Fall 2009)
  • Paige Dansinger. Identity of the “Jewess” in Delacroix’s Orientalist Painting: Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (Fall 2009)
  • Ann Kroshus. Visual Wounds: The Significance of Chinese ‘Scar Art’ (Fall 2009)
  • Jenny Maki. Art on the Underside: Reading Monsters and ‘Others’ in Iberian Misericords
    (Fall 2009)
  • Barbara Manthey. Designing Redemption: The Batchelder Tiles of the Chapel of Our Lady of Victory and the Patronage of Sister Antonia McHugh (Fall 2009)
  • Eva Quigley Timmons. “To the Vision of Thomas Jefferson”: Living Memorials Proposed for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Competition (Fall 2009)
  • James When. Behold the Man: Spiritual Pilgrimage in Lucas van Leyden’s “Ecce Homo” (Fall 2009)
  • Melissa Aho. Masjid An-Nur: Building Meaning in a Minnesota Mosque (Spring 2009)
  • Amy Fry. Progressive Modernism and the Prairie School: The Alexander Brothers Leather & Belting Company Advertising, 1916-1919 (Spring 2009)
  • Vada Komistra. Illusions of Montmartre: The Role of Absinthe in Victorian Art and Society (Spring 2009)
  • Lisa Melander. Expedition to Harlem: The Discovery of Photographer James VanDerZee (Spring 2009)
  • Traci Olinger. Regarding the L.A. Look (Spring 2009)
  • Lisa Ranallo. Frida Hansen: Revitalizing the Spirit of the Norwegian Tapestry Tradition (Spring 2009)
  • Mary Springer. The Man-uscript of Sorrows: An Investigation of Clm 23094's Origin (Spring 2009)
  • Joanna Reiling Lindell. Walter Crane and Progressivism in Design (Fall 2008)
  • Sara M. Witty. Constructing Sanity: The Early Architectural History of the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center (Fall 2008)
  • Natalie Stanton. Colum Cille and National Identity in the Irish Free State (Spring 2008)
  • Laura Thayer. Rebuilding Identity: The Nineteenth-Century Facade of the Duomo of Amfali (Spring 2008)
  • Nicole Watson. Marion Alice Parker: Pioneering Woman Architect and the Progresive Prarie School (Spring 2008)
  • Jarrett Hardester. A (Jewish) American In Paris: Immigration Experience and Chess in Man Ray's Search for Identity (Fall 2007)
  • Heather Pollock. Donatello's Saint Louis of Toulouse and its Role in Religious Ritual of Early Renaissance Florence (Fall 2007)
  • Emily Koller. Roadside Neon: Romance, Nostalgia and Meaning Along New Mexico's Route 66 (Spring 2007)
  • Kathryn A. B. McCreight. Children at the Alexander Ramsey House, 1882-1900 (Spring 2007)
  • Jason Onerheim. Art Goes to War: The Official and the Unofficial WWII Propaganda Posters of the United States (Spring 2007)
  • Sarah Campbell. Constructing Identity: St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral, Minneapolis, MN (Fall 2006)
  • Rebecca Davis. Creating Cuadros: Reclaiming the Past, Recording the Present, Revealing the Future (Fall 2006)
  • Erika Holmquist-Wall. The Idea of North: The Art of Gustaf Adolf Fjaestad (Fall 2006)
  • Jennifer L. Adam. Pederastic Scenes on Greek Vases: Gaining a Post-Structural View (Spring-2006)
  • Kathleen R. Cotter. The Needle and the Book: An Art Form within Tudor-Stuart Gift Exchange (Spring 2006)
  • Christine L. Dent. Curious Connections: Angels and Magical Birds in the Visual Vocabulary of Medieval Northern Europe (Spring 2006)
  • Catherine M. McShane. Mid-Twentieth Century American Modernism: Edward Larrabee Barnes and the Walker Art Center (Spring 2006)
  • Melissa M. Moore. A Re-Examination of a Rice Park Historical District: A History of Urban Landscape Design (Spring 2006)
  • Abigail A. Rolland. Millennium Park: A Continuation of Chicago’s Historic Visual Identity (Spring 2006)
  • Molly K. Skjei. “Tattoo You”: Cultural Consumption and Appropriation in the Western Tattoo Community (Spring 2006)
  • Amy Pence Brown. Designing Around Death: A History of American Funeral Home Architecture Through the Albin Funeral Chapels of Minneapolis (Fall 2005)
  • Amy O’Brien.  Art for All: Christopher Dresser’s Influence Upon the Philosophy of Gilbert and George (Fall 2005)
  • Robin Walser. Taylorism and Social Class: The Modernist Kitchen Designs of Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Eileen Gray, and Charlotte Perriand (Fall 2005)
  • Kara ZumBahlen. In the Eyes of the Beholder: An Analysis of Greek Caryatid Mirrors, 625 to 425 BCE (Fall 2005)
  • Emily M. Dunsworth. “Headquarters of the Revolution”: Colonial Boston’s Green Dragon Coffeehouse (Spring 2005)
  • Alison L. Holmes. Race, Class, and the Convent: A Comparative Study of Eighteenth-Century Portraits of Religious Women in Mexico (Spring 2005)
  • Farrah L. Wicklund. Phallus to Column: Conflation of Myth and the Evolution of the Siva Linga (Spring 2005)
  • Sue Erickson Nieland. Reading the Cards: Locating Identities in Mexican Loteria Gamer Boards from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century (Fall 2004)
  • Debra Taylor Blair. "The Products of Tradition: Economic Revival of Colcha Embroidery in the Twentieth-Century Southwest" (Spring 2004)
  • Beverly T. Hedin. Charles and Ray Eames: Social Responsibility in Design, from the Cranbrook Years (Spring 2004)
  • Noreen A. Waters. Status and Competition in the Decoration of the Church of the Archconfraternity of Santa Maria dell’Orto, Rome (Spring 2004)
  • Rose A. Mack. Defining American Design in the Machine Age: Machine Art in Context (Fall 2003)
  • Angela Nicole McKinley. Toward the Birth of a Style: The Architectural Development of the American Synagogue in the Mid-Twentieth Century (Fall 2003)
  • Danielle Nunn-Weinberg. The Flowering of English Womanhood: the Construction, Evolution, and Context of Women's Embroidered Jackets Worn at the Turn of the 17th Century (Fall 2003)
  • Maribea Woodington Barnes.The Moroccan Ceramic Industry: A Study of Authenticity and Tradition (Spring 2003)
  • Susan Harstad. Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Helene Schjerfbeck and Ellen Thesleff: Finnish Women Artists and the Process of Academic Rediscovery (Spring 2003)
  • Barbara Horlbeck. Voice from the Walls: Meaning and Politics in Calligraphic Inscriptions of Andalusian and Moroccan Architecture (Spring 2003)
  • Marilyn Nell Olson. Pagan Holdouts: Pre-Christian Imagery in Christian Art of Medieval Scandinavia (Spring 2003)
  • Susan Hanson Clayton. Sufficiently in Earnest: Tracing Institutional Change at St. Paul's Minnesota Museum of American Art (Spring 2002)
  • Kelly Jo Teske Denzer. Swedish Modern Art and Decorative Arts: The Influence of the Academie Matisse (Spring 2002)
  • Laura Miller. Tracks and Travelers: The Visual Culture of Tourism and the National Parks (Fall 2001)
  • Cathy Ostrom Peters. Silk Fragments, Silver Threads, and Bronze Buttons: The Skeleton's in Birkas Closet (Spring 2001)
  • Vanessa Rousseau. Status Symbols: The Crowns of Royal Women in the Greek World from the Hellenistic throught the Byzantine Era (Spring 2001)
  • Kelly Mohs Gage. What is she Wearing? The Costume of the Virgin of the Rosary in Eighteenth-Century Peru (Spring 2000)

   Publications 

  • Erika Holmquist-Wall. "Studie zu Improvisation 5: Die andere Seite der Geschichte." Wassily Kandinsky: Portrait eines Bildes. Zwei Reiter und liegende Gestalt, Munich: Galerie und Edition Raimund Thomas (2005).
  • Angela McKinley. "In the Presence of a Presence." Frank Lloyd Wright's Beth Shalom Synagogue and the Search for Success in Architectural Symbolism." Athanor XXI, Florida State University (2003): 75-83.
  • Kelly T. Denzer. "Eliel G. Saarinen, Finnish Architect and Designer in America." Journal of American and Comparative Cultures 25, no. 1 & 2 (2002): 43-46. 

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   Exhibition Catalogues

  • Erika Holmquist-Wall. "A French Countess and a Swedish King." From Alexander Roslin and the Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli Exhibition Catalogue in conjunction withthe exhibition of the same name, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2008.

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   Book and Exhibition Reviews

  • Kristine Elias, Review of Dale Rosengarten, Theodore Rosengarten, and Enid Schildkrout, eds., Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art. H-AfrArts, H-Net Reviews. April 2010. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23534
  • Melissa Aho, Review of Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Silk: A Cultural History, Art History Journal, February 2008, Vol. 31, Issue 1, pg. 133-136.
  • Melissa Aho, Review of Virginia G. Drachman, Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2005) in PAST: Pioneer American Society Transactions, Vol. 30, 2007, pg. 77-79.
  • Melissa Aho, Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Different Stories, Library Journal, March 15, 2006, Vol. 131, No. 5, pg. 112-112, 1p, 1c.
  • Melissa Aho, Review of Thomas K. Seligman and Kristyne Loughran, Editors, Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara Nomads in a Modern World. MultiCultural Review, Winter 2006, Vol. 15, No. 4, pg. 55-56.
  • Melissa Aho, Review of Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie (illus.), Aya. Library Journal - LJXpress Review, December 19, 2006. Electronic document, http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6401099.html.
  • Melissa Aho, Review of Michael Balter, The Goddess and the Bull: Catalhoyuk: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization. Anthropology Review Database, November 27, 2006, Electronic document, http://wings.buffalo.edu/ARD/cgi/showme.cgi?keycode+2718.
  • Melissa Aho, Review of Frank Pope, Dragon Sea: A True Tale of Treasure, Archaeology, and Greed off the Coast of Vietnam, Library Journal, November 15, 2006, Vol. 131, No. 19, pg. 79.
  • Kelly Denzer, Review of Nancy Siegel, Along the Juniata: Thomas Cole and the Dissemination of American Landscape Imagery (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003) in PAST: Pioneer American Society Transactions, Vol. 30, 2007, pg. 96-98.
  • Jarrett Hardester, Review of William J. Mitchell, Placing Words: Symbols, Space, and the City (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2005) in Material Culture: The Journal of the Pioneer America Society, Vol. 28, 2007, pg. 41-43.
  • Jenny Maki, Exhibition review of Vodou Riche: Contemporary Haitian Art, African Arts, Autumn 2008, Vol. 41, No. 3, Pg. 88-89.
  • Sue Erickson Nieland, Review of John F. Scott, Latin American Art (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1999) in Material Culture: The Journal of the Pioneer America Society.
  • Jason Onerheim, Review of Robert Scott, The Gothic Enterprise: A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2003) in Material Culture: The Journal of the Pioneer America Society, Spring 2007 issue, Vol. 39, No. 1, pg. 89-91.

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   Conference Presentations

Abstracts for some of the following conference presentations are available and can be accessed by clicking on the underlined titles

2011-2012

  • Rachel Simmons, "Expulsion from Eden: Effects of Patronage on Contemporary Asmat Art," Midwest Art History Society 2012 Conference, Wichita, KS, March 2012.
  • Sarah Kuenzler, "Elihu Vedder: Transforming the East into a Western Type in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," Midwest Art History Society 2012 Conference, Whichita, KS, March 2012.
  • Nicole Wankel, "Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune: A New Reading of Caravaggio's only Ceiling Painting," Midwest Art History Society 2012 Conference, Wichita, KS, March 2012.

2010-2011

  • Amy Nygaard, "Hale Woodruff's Talladega College Murals: Democratic and Pedagogical Equity," Midwest Art History Society 2011 Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, April 2011.

2009-2010

  • Maria Wiering, "Approaching the Miniature Basilica: An Interior Pilgrimage to the Shrine-Altar of Saint-Denis near paris," Midwest Art History Society 2010 Conference, Omaha, NE, April 2010.
  • Theresa Downing, "Encapsulating Sexual Agency: The Sculptural Costume Environments of Stephanie Liner," Savannah College of Art and Design: Art & Fashion: From Peplos to Petticoat to Punk, Atlanta, GA, March 2010.
  • Kristen Dobbins, "Expanding Chicago: The New Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago," The Fourth Annual Design Principles & Practices Conference, Chicago, IL, February 2010.
  • Timothy Virnig, "Beyong Lucy the Elephant: The Evolution of Mimetic Architecture in the Modern Age," Mid-Atlantic popular and American Culture Association Conference, Boston, MA, November 2009.
  • Ann Kroshus, "Defining Identity and Memory: Chinese Propaganda Posters and Scar Art," Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Miami University, Oxford, OH, October 2009.
  • James Wehn, "The Sino-European Line: Sinicization of French Engraving Style in the Victory Prints of Emperor Quanlong," Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, Miami University, Oxford, OH, October 2009.
  • Timothy Virnig, "Divergent Approaches to the Venetian Plague Architecture of Palladio and Longhena," SESAH - Southeast Chapter Society of Architectural Historians, Jackson, MS, October 2009.
  • Kristine Elias, "Musée du Quai Branly: Adventures in Transparency," Minnesota Society of Architectural Historian's Fourth Annual Student Symposium, St. Paul, MN, September 2010.
  • Elizabeth Henderson, "Transforming Bankside: The Tate Gallery of Modern Art," Minnesota Society of Architectural Historian's Fourth Annual Student Symposium, St. Paul, MN, September 2010.
  • Eva Quigley Timmons, "Creating "A Work of Genius": The Origins and Program of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Competition," Minnesota Society of Architectural Historian's Fourth Annual Student Symposium, St. Paul, MN, September 2010.
  • Kristen Dobbins, "Expanding Chicago: The New Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago," The Second Annual Inclusive Museum Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July 2009.
  • Josh Feist, "Architectural Fusion: The Blending of "Built Heritage" and Environmental Sustainability in Northeast Ghana," The Kumasi Symposium, Kumasi, Ghana, July 2009.

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2008-2009

  • Ann Kroshus, "The Power of Politics: The Tapestries and Moral Convictions of Hannah Ryggen," Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies Conference, Madison, WI, April 2009.
  • Barbara Manthey, "Harriet Backer: Dissolving Borders," Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies Conference, Madison, WI, April 2009.
  • Lisa Ranallo, "Frieda Hansen: A Traditional Norwegian Tapestry Artist with International Style," Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies Conference, Madison, WI, April 2009.
  • James Wehn, "Pilgrimage in Late 15th and Early 16th Century Prints," Midwet Art Historical Society Conference," Kansas City, MO, April 2009.
  • Ann Kroshus, "Newgate vs. the Panopticon: How to Reform a Criminal," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Third Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Minneapolis, September 2008.
  • Eva Quigley, "William Purcell's Designs for Technology," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Third Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Minneapolis, September 2008.
  • Mary Springer, "Relic, Holy Place, and Rotunda: The Laurentan Basilica of Saint Mary and its Architectural Program," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Third Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Minneapolis, September 2008.
  • Timothy Virnig, "Venetian Theater: Pageantry and Spectacle at the Site of Santa Maria della Salute," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Third Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Minneapolis, September 2008.
  • Sara Witty, "Structuring Madness: The Early Architectural History of the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Third Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Minneapolis, September 2008.
  • Kristine Elias, "Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club: Creating Identity and Image," International Conference: Carnival, "A People's Art," and "Taking Back the Streets'," York University, Toronto, Ontario, July 2008.

2007-2008

  • Melissa Aho, "Hill Stations to Houseboats: Victorian House Hunting in India," Victorian Home Symposium, University of St. Thomas, April 2008.
  • Joanna Reiling Lindell, "Walter Crane and the Victorian Home: Progressivism and Design in 'Toy-Books,' Calling Cards, Wallpapers, and Home Decor," Victorian Home Symposium, University of St. Thomas, April 2008.
  • Mary Springer, "Pulling Back the Covers: A Study of the Middle-Class Master Bedroom in Victorian England," Victorian Home Symposium, University of St. Thomas, April 2008.
  • Nicole Watson, "Marion Alice Parker: Pioneering Woman Architect and the Progressive Prairie School," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Works In Progress Session 2007, Christ Church Lutheran, Minneapolis, November 2007.
  • Amy Fry, "High Fidelity Design: Purcell and Elmslie's Edison Shops and Prairie School Architecture," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Second Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Twin Cities, September 2007.
  • Nicole Watson, "Marion Alice Parker: Pioneering Woman Architect and the Progressive Prairie School," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Second Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Twin Cities, September 2007.
  • Laura Thayer, "Progress Through Precedence: George W. Maher's Winona National Bank," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians Second Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Twin Cities, September 2007.
  • Jenny Maki, "Images of Fantasy, Fear and Desire: Tourist Voodoo in New Orleans, Louisiana," Things that Move: The Material Worlds of Tourism and Travel Conference, Leeds, UK, July 2007.

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2006-2007

  • Laura Thayer, "A Portrait of the Winter King and Queen in Pieter Saenredam's 'Interior of St. Bavo, Haarlem'," Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference, Indianapolis, March 2007.
  • Sara Witty, "Illustrative Text: Transformed Words and the Language of Comics," Hawaii International Conference of Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January 2007.
  • Kate McCreight, "Tennis in the Parlor and Ice Skating on the Lawn: Children's Space at the Alexander Ramsey House, 1881-1900," Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians First Annual Student Symposium on the Built Environment, Twin Cities, September 2006.