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Letter from the Editors
Dear Reader,
As the editors of Ink and Image we are delighted to present the fourteenth edition of NYU Department of Art History’s journal of original undergraduate research. This journal was founded in 2009 with the intention of granting undergraduates the opportunity to present work typically reserved for graduate students. The original founders Malcolm St. Clair (Urban Design and Architecture Studies ‘09) and Alexis Wang (Art History ‘09) intended to create a dialogue between Art History departments and researchers, both within NYU and other academic institutions. We are proud to say that vision has been maintained throughout the thirteen years we have been running.
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This year we present to you a selection of papers with topics ranging from a history of LGBT monuments in New York City to nineteenth century photographs of Egyptian antiquities. Running through these papers are themes of justice and debate; on who monuments are built for and who they should be built for; on who took photographs and what their biases were; on who uses Washington Square and who it was designed for. These debates are central to the advancement and expansion of Art History, as well as being directly related to the lived experience of daily life. We hope that in reading these papers you, too, begin to question the structures and artworks around you.
We would like to take this opportunity to not only thank our faculty advisor, Professor Carol Krinksy, and also Professor Ritter, Peggy Coon, and the countless other NYU faculty and staff who have helped us bring this year’s edition to print. The advisors and authors of this year’s papers must also be thanked for their tireless efforts and their wonderful research.
Central to the mission of Ink and Image are the notions of inspiring new research, encouraging creativity, and furthering connections. We hope that as you read this journal you are inspired by these notions/ ideas and learn a thing or two.
Happy reading!
Sincerely, Emilie Meyer, Co-Editor in Chief Niall Lowrie, Co-Editor in Chief
