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Buddhist imagery in the work of Paul Gauguin: the impact of primitivism, theology and cultural studies
(2014)
Scholars attribute aesthetics in Gauguin's work to the 1889 Paris Exposition universelle and Gauguin's quest for the primitive and 'exotic. This study takes a deeper look at Gauguin and examines the personal context in ...
Making the connection: J.B. Murray and the scripts and forms of Africa
(2013)
Many African and African America artists have chosen to represent Nsibidi and other
African and Afro-Caribbean syllabaries in their works of art. However, some artists also
produces art and script given to them "by God" ...
Kalabari Masquerade and the gaze: identity and spectatorship in the sculptures of Sokari Douglass Camp
(2014)
Kalabari masquerade performances are centered around a core male performer, who disguises himself
by wearing an intricate costume. The costume propels
the dancer into the mystical spiritual realm, where through the ...
Forgotten landmark: the Municipal Auditorium of Kansas City, Missouri
(2013)
The Municipal Auditorium is a grand civic building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, which encompasses venues for theater, music and athletics. Designed by Gentry, Voskamp, and Neville, and associated architects, Hoit, ...
Egypt, the Fictive Theater of Napoleon's Glory: A Celebration of the Egyptian Campaign in Paintings, Architecture, and Decorative Arts
(2013)
The reign of Napoleon Bonaparte was one of military glory, both real and imagined. In this thesis, I examine the promotion of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign (1798-1801), perhaps the most disastrous episode of his military ...
Painting the Mundane: An Examination of the Life and Career of René Magritte
(2013)
This thesis explores the important role René Magritte's biography plays in relation
to his work as a painter. His works were primarily inspired by his middle class lifestyle
and upbringing, something that was uncommon ...
Camille Claudel: The Struggle for Artistic Idenity
(2014)
During Camille Claudel's lifetime, she pursued a career that was largely defined
in terms of Auguste Rodin. This perspective of her work may be seen most notably in the
reactions to her sculpture L'Âge Mûr. This work was ...
Eatopia: aesthetic spaces of collective food consumption in contemporary art
(2013)
Contemporary artists Rirkrit Tiravanija and Jennifer Rubell offer food and sociability both literally and metaphorically. By inviting exhibition visitors to eat meals in specially conceived spaces within art galleries, ...
Progenitor or Mere Predecessor: A Study of Ukiyo-e's Place in the Development of Modern Manga Through the Works of Rumiko Takahashi
(2014)
In their efforts to understand the history of manga, or Japanese comics, scholars have
struggled determining the timeline of this art form. While some historians begin their
narrative as far back as the twelfth century ...
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s The Months: A Perspective
(2015)
In the year 1565, Antwerp merchant Nicolaes Jongelinck commissioned Pieter Bruegel
the Elder to paint a series of paintings, The Months, for his suburban villa. Unfortunately,
Jongelinck lost possession of the series of ...
Hayv Kahraman’s Bodyscreens: Skin, Depth, and Surface
(2015)
Hayv Kahraman is most widely known for her large-scale paintings of pale women
with skin like silk and soft clouds of dark black hair. She often draws on her experiences as
an émigré from Iraq to represent the challenges ...
Caricature as the record of medical history in eighteenth-century London
(2013)
This thesis examines two disparate developments that began in sixteenth-century
Renaissance Italy and converged in almost inconceivable ways in eighteenth-century
London. One of these developments was the public study ...
Crafting the past: the appropriation of found photography in the African-American revisionist art of Betye Saar
(2013)
This thesis uses Betye Saar as a lens through which to explore how contemporary black artists
address negative, inaccurate, or incomplete perspectives of African-American history. It will
focus on the popular trend of ...
Subversion of the gaze Degas and the social implications of his Dancers
(2011)
Edgar Degas' portrayal of women has generated particular interest. His subjects
were often thought to be women of ill-repute, yet Degas shows them hard at work. I believe
that Degas purposefully set out to chronicle the ...
Lotte Reiniger’s career in animation and her first full-‐length animated film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed
(2015)
Lotte Reiniger was the woman responsible for making the world’s first full-‐length animated film, Die Geschichte des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed, 1926). Along with her collaborators, she worked on the ...
Gao Brothers' Execution of Christ: visual lexicon transcending culture, time, and place
(2011)
After the death of Chairman Mao Zedong in 1979, China began a national transformation from a once self-imposed isolated culture to one that hoped to be economically and culturally engaged with the rest of the world. Chinese ...
George Catlin and the Pipestone Quarry: paradise of the red gods
(2012)
George Catlin, pioneer, author, ethnographer, entrepreneur, was foremost an artist of exceptional talents. He made five difficult journeys westward from 1830-1836 to paint the Native Americans and their way of life. His ...
Dining and revelry in French rococo art
(2012)
This thesis explores the popularization of the theme of the 'hunt luncheon' in the Rococo
period, within the context of the châteaux renovations undertaken during the reign of Louis
XV. In 1730s, the young king commissioned ...
Visual narratives and the portrait busts of Edmonia Lewis
(2011)
This study considers the social and historical significance of the extant portrait busts sculpted by Edmonia Lewis. The Afro-Native American artist is best known for her thematic sculptures such as Forever Free (1867), ...
François Boucher and His Chinoiserie
(2010)
In this master's thesis, I reexamine the Chinoiserie of the French Rococo artist François Boucher (1703-1770). First, I discuss the French concept of China during the first half of the eighteenth century. Second, I analyze ...