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The Iconographical Transformation of Saint Mary Magdalen in Netherlandish Art during the First Half of the Sixteenth Century
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Artistic Independence, Feminine Virtue, and Sexual Politics: Vigee-LeBrun's Portraits of Queen Marie Antoinette
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Le Molte Verita Mythic Connections and Cultural Collaborations in the Art of Francesco Clemente
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Robert Mapplethorpe: Seeing Beyond the Surface
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Mary Cassatt's Color Prints: Fashion as a Signifier of Class, Status, and Modernity
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
2017-11 ADAM SMITH AND THORSTEIN VEBLEN ON THE QUEST FOR RECOGNITION
No full textDepartment of Economics, Working Paper Series, no. 2017-11. 21 pages.Adam Smith and Thorstein Veblen, divided culturally and by over a century of
capitalism’s differing degrees of maturation, analyzed the basic institutions of capitalism in
radically different manners and came to contrary views as to capitalism’s serviceability to human
welfare. Yet despite their differences, and that Veblen appears not to have read Smith’s principal
treatise on human behavior, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, they shared remarkably similar
views as to why humans behave as they do. Both saw humans as seeking self-respect by
acquiring approval or social certification from others, often pursued through conspicuous
consumption. However, whereas Smith viewed the seeking of status through consumption as
stimulating economic dynamism, Veblen viewed it as generating waste and impairing human
welfare. Nevertheless, what is broadly common in their theories of human behavior has great
importance for social theory, and especially for addressing the contemporary mistake in wealthy
societies of sacrificing important social goals to the pursuit of ever-more material wealth
George Loring Brown: Two Italian Landscape Paintings in the National Museum of American Art
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
The Influence of Northern Artists on the Nature Drawing Style of Claude Lorrain
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
The Image of the Charlotte Corday and Other Women of the French Revolution
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio
Cecilia Beaux's Images of Women
No full textResearch paper submitted to American University in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts; approved as non-thesis optio