Research & Academic Publications

Explorations in Classical Technique and Art History

Beyond the easel, Joshua Adam Risner is dedicated to the scholarly investigation of fine art. His research focuses on the intersection of historical methodology, the evolution of tonalism, and the technical preservation of institutional portraiture. Below is a selection of academic papers and essays that inform his practice at Rabbit Hill Art Studio and his consultancy at the Michigan State Capitol.

• Ethics of Implied Narrative

• Archeology of Allegory

• How Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge can Reveal the Artist's Role Today

• George Inness: An American Symbolist

• Anselm Kiefer: Athanor