The contrasts between Kroisos and Aulus Metellus illustrate the manner in which Roman artists adapted and advanced Greek innovations in sculpture, in terms of visual aesthetics and symbolic function. Any casual observer could list the ways the two works differ physically. The Romans were not simply “better artists” or more technically skilled. The difference between [...]
Terbrugghen After Dark: Recomposing an Iconic Image of the Crucifixion The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ has been described as the most enduring and familiar scene in western art.[1] After hundreds of years and thousands of visual representations, fresh perspectives on the Crucifixion are few and far between. Creating a completely original [...]

This paper was written for an Art History seminar on film and modernity at Vassar College in 2003 “Fun With Some Stature Thrown In”: The Band Wagon’s Conception of Perfect Entertainment The dance that’s a dream of romance…That’s entertainment! -Jeffrey Cordova in The Band Wagon In The Band Wagon (Minnelli, 1953), a film that both [...]