Jonathon T. Weber is a graduating 2015 senior in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences in the History of Arts and Architecture. Despite a strong background in finance, he discontinued this to focus his studies exclusively in art history.
Here is what I have constructed so far for Rivera's Detroit Murals!
For the time being, I know where the Elgin Marbles have been and how they traveled around Europe for all research purposes. This information is sitting in a spreadsheet in my Google Drive, organized by sculpture number, location, donor, etc. All this information, that is, for the 120 Elgin fragments in the British Musuem.
Here's my second attempt at the Itinera abstract, after some comments from Jen:
The First Experiences in Research (FE-R) program requires its students to write abstracts about their research projects. So, here's the first draft of mine:
This semester, I’ve taken a more active role in the research of Decomposing Bodies headed by Project Lead, Alison Langmead, and Project Manager, Aisling Quigley of the Visual Media Workshop. One of my tasks is to transcribe Bertillon prisoner identification cards of the Ohio Penitentiary, a collection comprised of around 40,000 cards created throughout the late nineteenth to early twentieth century; a pre-computer database of criminals.
For the month of January, I've been researching for Itinera to catalog the travels of artists and artifacts around Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. The project has had its ups and downs, but so far, all is well.
