My engineering friend named Jon once teased me about taking a course called Greek Archaeology of the Bronze Age, which he seemed to think is not incredibly useful in life. Actually, though, taking that class helped me a lot with this particular—seemingly unrelated—project. I first became interested in choosing Klimt when I noticed that he incorporates the very Mycenaean and Minoan motifs that I’ve been studying. Although I didn’t pursue that rather exhausted theme, the class helped me find a new subject. One lecture we saw a piece of torn Egyptian papyrus depicting Mycenaean warriors, recognizable by their unique boar’s tusk helmet. It was probably around the same time of my noticing the headwear on Klimt’s backdrop. Although I don’t remember directly thinking of the papyrus, it helped me look for the details, and I found a cool subject that is even meaningful to me personally. Now that I’ve studied Bronze Age Greek art, impressionism and Gustav Klimt, I appreciate the exquisiteness of Korean art so much more.
Born in In Cheon, Korea, Juhea moved to Portland, Oregon when she was nine. She graduated from Valley Catholic High School in 2005. At Princeton she plans to major in art and archaeology; in her free time she dances with her squad, reads Vogue, and plays the cello.