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Transcending the metanarrative: the postmodern spirituality of Shirazeh Houshiary's sculpture
(2012)
Through her mystically infused, minimalistic sculptures, Iranian-Âborn,
London-Âbased artist Shirazeh Houshiary (1955-Â ) has continued the trend of
abstract spiritually in contemporary art. However, the theology that ...
Heroic painting and its contemporary interpretation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
of paintings that represent a past glory of traditional art in a modern day setting with updated characters. In techniques employed, each work is a 'master study' from a master artist. Their previous work is examined and informs the decisions made with my...
Interaction Between Traditional Media and Social Media Coverage on Social Issues in China: A Content Analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
To what extent does online public opinion and traditional media coverage interact with each other on social issues in China? This research employs a content analysis of 524 Weibo posts and 327 news articles regarding a social incident in China...
The traditions and history of indigo dyed textiles in Sierra Leone as they relate to the art and life of Hajja Kadiatu Kamara
(2012)
) was an exception. Using a combination of anthropological, art historical, and archaeological approaches, the history and tradition of gara-dyed cotton textiles are discussed in their cultural context and as they relate to the art of Khadijatu Kamara. The importance...
Gao Brothers' Execution of Christ: visual lexicon transcending culture, time, and place
(2011)
overwhelmingly to Western contemporary arts and philosophies. With both exposure to new Western artistic concepts and a desire to diverge from traditional Chinese art, which was seen as outdated form of art, Chinese artists wanted to modernize the Chinese arts...
"Art is religion:" Adolf Hoelzel's modernism
(2012)
-century art. Through a reworking of the tradition of religious imagery in painting and drawing, and later as a designer of stained-glass works, Hoelzel found a path from nineteenth-century academic narrative to innovative twentieth-century abstraction...
Psychometric dynamic factor models for the analysis of longitudinally intensive data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Dynamic factor model (DFM), a factor analytic approach developed for the analysis of intra-individual time series data, can be estimated using common structural equation modeling...
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" ...
Homemade home : creating in the face of the nostalgic impulse
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Nostalgia is a pervasive and widely accepted form of dishonesty. Throughout American history, people have made and collected objects, upheld traditions, and revered styles and forms of past eras with the aim of recreating or re-experiencing some...
Missouri National Guard Crisis Response in the Age of Instant Communication
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
their traditional roles as organizational gatekeepers participating in a monologue with the public, and embrace their roles as representatives of their commands in an ongoing dialogue with both internal and external audiences....
Studies in oral tradition: history and prospects for the future
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This thesis discusses the inauguration, development, and recent directions in studies in oral tradition. The first chapter focuses on the advancements of Milman Parry and Albert B. Lord, first examining briefly the history of scholarship leading up...
Filling the statehouse void :the ideology of online non-profit news sites
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
The number of traditional news reporters present in state capitols is decreasing across the United States. Non-traditional online news organizations are attempting to fill that void. These entities, many of them non-profit news sites, focus...
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 how Boucher's Chinese...
Re-matriculation in the studio arts : what are the perceptions of mid-life non-traditional students in graduate fine arts?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
-making interlaced with mid-life identity themes. The resulting collage of individual reflections on self and art sheds light on a shared essence of the human condition related to tapping into the aesthetic core in the adult years, a timeframe traditionally...
Land of the American condition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While there has always been separation between the "ideal" family and the dynamics of real family relationships, since the 1960's American culture has failed to recognize...
The art of persuasion : critiquing China's new middle class by multi-perspective storytelling mode
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My work is a critique of China's New Middle Class's tasteless manners. The New Middle Class in China have attempted to use "good taste" as a means of distinguishing themselves...
Elevating the news :how engagement editors assess success in their community engagement efforts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
engagement journalists at online newspapers fall in line with traditional journalistic ideas of separation between editorial and business departments in newspapers, even if they are making strides in understanding how the two worlds interconnect....
Trolls under the bridge :anonymous online comments and gatekeeping in the digital realm
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This research examines the trend of anonymous online speech and the evolution of traditional gatekeeping roles of journalists as new media interaction with the public becomes commonplace. A textual analysis explores the opinions held by journalists...
Mobile App Monetization – Expectations and Attitudes Formed by Users in Response to Advertising and Pay To Download Monetization Models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
of monetization -- pay to download OR advertising based, for example -- rather than a hybrid approach commonly seen in traditional media. Men may be more likely to download apps on a more frequent basis, also paying for upgrades more frequently. Users seek out...
An unintended order : the centrality of character and circumstance in the twelfth-century Gilbertine communities
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
to be identified and discarded. It is then possible to examine the more unusual aspects of Gilbert's life in the context of other, more traditional sources. In addition to the Vita, I rely heavily upon a variety of twelfth-century documents, as well as previous...