Wheaton Blog

A photograph vividly documenting the devastation of Strasbourg by Prussian soldiers was likely intended by its makers to be a nationalistic ‘call to arms’ for…

Salt prints are distinct in their appearance because the photographic chemicals seep into the fibers of the paper, softening the image. As Lindsay Koso ’15 suggests,…

Oona Laurie ’13 describes how Kollwitz combined various printmaking techniques to create a vivid, textured sense of the rugged strength of her work’s main subject:…

Jesse O’Neil ’14 and Tu Nguyen ’14 explore how the abstract figures and bright colors of the Surrealist Miró combine to create a sense of…

Kirstie Parkinson ‘13 and Leon Morabia ’14 describe how Heckel, a member of the German Expressionist Brücke group, uses the woodblock technique to emphasize the…

Lauren Reidel ’12 and Samantha Green ’11 discuss how Vlaminck—a French Fauve celebrated for his expressive palette of bright colors—instead relies on the black tones…

Candace Shaw ’13 and guest Taylor discuss how the forms and colors of Calder’s sculpture create a feeling of both mobility and duration of time in…

Betsy Cronin ’11 and Alexandra Barie ’13 describe Le Corbusier’s combination of sensuous, organic forms with a rigid sense of architectural structure, in two prints…

Benner Boswell ’11 and Gordon Jones ’13 explore Kandinksy’s interest in the sound of images, and how this print reflects his goal to make visual…