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I am an art lover, dog enthusiast, and graduate student at Hunter College studying Art History with a concentration in curatorial studies. 

I live with my two dogs and have a constant craving for a good cup of coffee. 

Here, you will find a selection of writing, ranging from formal analysis, to personal gallery reviews, to entries for creative writing competitions. 

My Latest Work

Uncovering John Baptist Malchair: 18th Century British Landscape Seen Through Fading Eyes

This essay will delve into Malchair’s possible intentions in omitting the overpowering presence of industry and budding modernization from his body of work, and how this act reflected the attitude of his contemporaries regarding industrialization. An intimate look at Malchair’s life as a teacher, musician, and artist is worth close examination in order to arrive at a concrete explanation for this. Was Foundry at Canon a moment of experimentation, or a complete omission of the obvious in favor of the nostalgia of the countryside?
Domenico Ghirlandaio, 	 Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1479, Tempera on wood, Cathedral of San Martino, Lucca

Iconographic Analysis: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, by Domenico Ghirlandaio

Domenico Ghirlandaio was an important late quattrocento Renaissance artist who created large and magnificent frescos. The son of a goldsmith, he was also the teacher of a young Michelangelo1. Ghirlandaio’s Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints was painted for a church in Tuscany, and now rests in the Uffizi Museum in Florence. Completed in 1483 using tempera paint on wood, and standing at approximately six feet tall and wide, the painting is richly colored, highly symmetric, and densely packed with precise religious symbols and icons.
Filippo Lippi, Coronation of the Virgin, 1441-1447, Tempera on panel, Uffizi, Florence

Formal Analysis: Fra Filippo Lippi's Coronation of the Virgin

Fra Filippo Lippi was a friar artist that joined the trend of creating a more modern depiction of religious scenes of worship. Coronation of the Virgin, made between 1441 and 1447, was made as an altarpiece created for the church of Sant’Ambrogio, Florence. As opposed to the altarpieces that were made on separate panels and brought together as one piece via hinges, Lippi creates a single-paneled altarpiece, while still calling upon some traditional altarpiece styles.

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