Journal of Visual and Critical Studies 2025-2026
Journal of Visual and Critical Studies 2025-2026

Publication

Journal of Visual and Critical Studies 2025-2026

The Journal of Visual and Critical Studies (JVCS) is a student-led academic publication that celebrates undergraduate student work, reflecting the unique approaches to art history, visual culture, and curatorial studies that happens within OCAD... More

The Spectacle of Alluring Affliction: Enduring Baroque Self-Idealizing Aesthetic in Visual Culture
The Spectacle of Alluring Affliction: Enduring Baroque Self-Idealizing Aesthetic in Visual Culture

Essay

The Spectacle of Alluring Affliction: Enduring Baroque Self-Idealizing Aesthetic in Visual Culture

In this thesis I explore how the Baroque has never vanished for those who truly understand its quality of existence. As religious power faiths a crowd to succession of what they want to believe; enduring control in overwhelming spectacle parallels... More

Work by

Ella Gray

Researcher

“In this thesis I explore how the Baroque has never vanished for those who truly understand its quality of existence. As religious power faiths a crowd to succession of what they want to believe;...” [More]