Equipped with Josiah Phelps, Master of Art History Candidate MATERIALS
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ORIGINAL ARTWORKS [left] Painting The Wine Glass by Dutch artist, Johannas Vermeer (1660), which I feel, as a painter myself, infuenced the creation of the everyday life of the common people as the subject matter in painting. [right] Painting made by former LSU MFA student. The artist depicted the interior of Hagia Sophia, Byzantine architecture built by Roman Emperor Justinian I in 537 AD. [in foreground] Art piece by LSU Professor Paul Dean titled Evolvet (2005.)
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CERAMIC The ceramic is a Chinese teacup that I have for enjoyment. Though I did not personally create it myself, I do have a background in ceramics. The closest thing I have come to in Asian ceramics is Raku.
LSU COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
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BOOKS I consult a wide variety of books, such as the Benezit Dictionary of Artists for my scholarly research. Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s History of the Art of Antiquity helped direct popular taste toward classical art, particularly that of ancient Greece, which infuenced Western painting and sculpture. I use René Descartes’ The Passions of the Soul (1649) to better understand the knowledge of physiognomy and pathognomy to help further my research between science and art.
