I was chosen to continue to work on the websites over the course of the summer as one of the post-production interns. During that time, I did research on Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux, a very talented eighteenth-century French painter whose self-portrait is in the center of the Tessé Room. Mademoiselle Ducreux was […]
It became abundantly clear while working on this project that my original conception of my project would not be completed, not because I did not put in adequate effort, but because I imagined a best case scenario, a fantasy. As someone who began the semester with little to no computer […]
Because of this class, I am now interested more than ever about the role of servants in 18th century France, but more broadly, underrepresented groups in art history generally. Groups who have been denied a voice – like servants – continue to be lost in a narrative defined by those […]
My initial interest in taking this course was the technological component. I have never before studied interiors, and my only experience with the concept of space comes from a class entitled “Anthropology of Cities.” I was intrigued with the intersection of the humanities and the digital world. I firmly believe […]
There is usually a very sharp divide between my school life and my home life. Being an art history major, I go to class and learn about art, or I go to a museum and look at art, but very rarely do I experience art without having to seek it […]
Right now, Samina and I are each in the midst of individually creating our constructed Tessé period rooms, which include the presence of masters and servants respectively. While the male servant was simply photoshopped out of the painting from which he came, entitled, “The Cellarboy” by the renowned artist Jean-Simeon […]
I have always enjoyed visiting museums, but before enrolling in this class I never paid a lot of attention to furniture. Over spring break I had the opportunity to visit my sister who studies in London, and I made sure to pay special attention to furniture as I visited the […]
One of the goals of our website, which we plan to create via the digital platform, WordPress, is to create easy navigation of a 3-D model of the Tesse Room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s European Sculptures and Decorative Arts Collection for the viewer. We would like for our […]
Tessé Room, Wrightsman Galleries – The Space and Its Users Suggested Spec Requirements: [These were created by aggregating the suggested spec requirements and involvement of each team member, but will be subject to slight changes] Platform: WordPress [These are the themes that we will be deciding between in […]
