History of Art · Writing · Research
Florence
Hamilton
Final-year History of Art student at the University of East Anglia, with a specialism in Modernism, Cubism, and Surrealism. My dissertation examines art as a vehicle for propaganda and resistance during the Spanish Civil War. I write about objects, images, and the ideas they carry.
Selected Writing
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“To paint during war is to choose a side — even silence becomes a statement.”
Art, Propaganda, and Resistance: Visual Culture During the Spanish Civil War
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“Cubism did not shatter the world — it simply refused to pretend it was whole.”
Fragmentation and Form: The Politics of Cubist Space
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03
“The Surrealists did not escape reality. They went further into it than anyone dared.”
The Unconscious as Subject: Surrealism and the Interior World