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Art in Scale: Barbara Marshall and the Fine-Scale Miniature Movement
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Throughout time, humans have engaged with miniatures as a means of making sense of their world. For each generation and each culture, this phenomenon manifests in a way that meets the needs of its participants. This thesis ...
Rose Piper: New Discoveries
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Rose Piper (1917- 2005) was an African-American artist, based primarily in New
York, who garnered attention with her success in oil painting. She utilized her talent to
transcend medium in a multidisciplinary career. ...
Gulshan Muraqqa’: An Imperial Discretion
(2016)
This thesis researches two folios (pages) from the Gulshan muraqqa’, an
imperial album of the Mughal Empire. The two folios, The Poet and the Prince
and A Buffalo Hunting a Lioness, are currently in the permanent ...
Making the Connection: J.B. Murray and the Scripts and Forms of Africa
(2016)
This dissertation focuses on the artwork of J.B. Murray, an African American artist
from Mitchell, Georgia. The goal of this dissertation is to explore J.B. Murray’s production
of protective scripts and spirit figures. ...
Representations of Insanity in Art and Science of Nineteenth-Century France: From the Demonic to the Degenerate
(2016)
This thesis seeks to analyze depictions of insanity in the nineteenth century, especially in
France. Through research into the history of psychiatry and the history of image culture, I
intend to explain the changing ...
Synthesis of Communications: A Spiritual Voice Amidst Belligerent Noise
(2016)
This study presents Benedetta Cappa Marinetti’s Sintesi delle comunicazioni
(Synthesis of Communications) murals, a public commission for the Palermo Post Office,
as a vital contribution to the Italian Futurist Movement ...
Contemporary Landscape Photography: Dissolving Boundaries in Jungjin Lee’s Wind Series
(2016)
In the Wind series (2004-2007), Korean photographer Jungjin Lee captures
tumultuous views of the American desert. These photographs are printed on handmade
mulberry paper, which Lee sensitizes by hand and heavily edits ...
Fresh Meat Rituals: Confronting the Flesh in Performance Art
(2016)
Meat entails a contradictory bundle of associations. In its cooked form, it is
inoffensive, a normal everyday staple for most of the population. Yet in its raw, freshly
butchered state, meat and its handling provoke ...