The Kolbe Summer Fellows Program in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is a ten-week faculty-mentored student research program conducted during the summer before a student's sophomore, junior, or senior year.
This summer nine students have worked on projects in Art History, Economics, Environmental Social Sciences, Music History, Political Sciences, and Japanese literature. |
I chose to study part of an upcoming exhibition coming to Schmucker Art Gallery, Plains of Mars: European War Prints,1500-1825. This collection from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston features numerous prints which illustrate changes in Europe over three centuries. While I appreciate the pieces of the collection dated prior to the 1750's, I wanted to specifically study caricature and romanticism. I feel as though they are fundamental in understanding contemporary political and social art.
My mentor, Shannon Egan, has helped me write professional papers and catalogue entries for this project. As Director of Schmucker Art Gallery, and the one who introduced me to this project, her help is extremely valuable to make my work professional, concise, and proper. The purpose of this website, specifically, is another way to present the issues people faced during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The condensed timeline is just a snippet of what really occurred, only focusing on England, France, and Spain. With the ability to directly search related topics in conjunction to the prints, I hope to make understanding art a bit easier. |
ABOUT THIS PROJECT |
ABOUT ME |
My name is Bailey Harper and I am a rising senior at Gettysburg College. I am double majoring in Art History and Studio Art with a minor in Anthropology. My main interests of study are Ancient Minoan artifacts, specifically looking at ceramic production and trade in the Mediterranean, as well as eighteenth and nineteenth century Romantics (as demonstrated through my Kolbe Fellows research). I find that through studying historical periods through the artistic lens helps identify how cultural, political, and economic factors effect society.
Contact information: Gettysburg College email: [email protected] |