Outstanding Art History Papers

These papers, notable for their clear, strong arguments and well-supported assertions, were recent recipients of the Art History Paper Award. They were written by undergraduates at Millsaps, ranging from a sophomore writing her first art history paper to a senior art history major.

• Beth Fossen
  The Writing’s off the Wall: Dichotomies and Thematic Tension in the Works of Jeff Wall


• Carly Dessauer
  The Tension of Creation: Mina Loy's Depiction of Brancusi's Golden Bird


• Laine Hendricks
  Birth Trays: Function and Fascination


• Laine Hendricks
  Pieter Bruegel's Peasant Dance: A View of A Festive Celebration or A Warning Against Holiday Excess


• Virginia Walker
  Constructing Identity in Portraiture: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun and Marie Antoinette


• Lauren Michaud
  The Clothes Make the (Wo)Man: Dress and Gender in Rococo and Neo Classical Art


• Holly Harmon
  Michelangelo’s Presentation Drawings for Tommaso de’ Cavalieri


• Elise Diffie
  Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot: Images of Mother and Child in Relation to Femininity

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