Shannon Leigh O'Neil
Shannon Leigh O'Neil is a New York City-based multimedia artist, writer, editor, art critic and publisher with a background in art history, archival studies, rare books and modern/classical languages. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the City College of New York. As an undergraduate, she minored in Latin and studied French. She also studied art, design and visual culture at London Metropolitan University. Her articles have appeared in The New York Blade, HX Magazine, GO Magazine and many online publications.
With a particular interest in the French Symbolists, O'Neil has expertise in the antiquarian book trade. In addition to writing articles related to art history and art criticism, she is working on a full-length biography of Renée Vivien.
O'Neil lives in an historic Brooklyn neighborhood, where she enjoys parks and outdoor recreation; she also loves hiking, biking, swimming and is active in ocean conservation and other environmental causes.
Latest Articles
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Istanbul's Pera Palace Hotel
One of the most famous luxury hotels of the Gilded Age, the Pera Palace still evokes the opulent atmosphere of its heyday.
Apr 22, 2009
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Vintage Photos with a Secret History
Vintage photos of Marilyn Monroe, recently unearthed, bring back memories of the golden age of American erotica.
Feb 14, 2009
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Regency Romance with a Modern Twist
A lively romp in which girl meets boy; boy meets boy; everyone falls in love and lives happily ever after.
Feb 14, 2009
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Two Critical Views of Women and Art
Two essays, one written in 1971 and the other in 1994, look at the evolving ways women create and relate to art.
Feb 14, 2009
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Female Portraits in Renaissance Art
Patricia Simons investigates the economic, social, and sexual uses of female portraiture in 15th Century Florence.
Feb 14, 2009
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Rejecting the Interpretation of Art
These two influential critics' complementary theories argue that interpreting art is secondary to experiencing its aesthetic forms.
Feb 14, 2009
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Corot's Ville d'Avray on a Postcard
A masterpiece of color and detail, Camille Corot's Impressionist landscape can be appreciated fully only in real life.
Feb 14, 2009
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Michel Foucault's Panopticism
Art historians of the digital age are informed by Foucault's essay on power, vision, visibility and space.
Feb 14, 2009
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Poe and Primitivism in Gauguin's Nevermore
While in Tahiti, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, Paul Gauguin created this sensuous portrait of a young native woman.
Feb 14, 2009
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Rose Valland: Art Spy of the French Resistance
The heroic true story of a Louvre Museum curator who secretly spied on the Nazis and recovered thousands of stolen art objects.
Nov 25, 2008
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