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Evelyn Gleeson and The Dun Emer Guild: Redefining a Woman’s Place in the Arts
(2020)
This thesis will explore a myriad of topics not often analyzed within the art historical academic field. It adds to recent endeavors to understand the role of women as artists in the early twentieth century by highlighting the contributions...
Museum Magazine, Number 68 (2016 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
The issue's feature article, "Afro-Cuban artists: a Renaissance. Manuel Mendive and Eduardo "Choco" Roca Salazar February 23-May 1, 2016," focuses on two of the most celebrated Cuban artists working today. Both men benefited ...
The Baptism of Christ by Hans Rottenhammer
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1986)
"In 1604, when Karel van Mander published the first critical assessment of the art of Hans Rottenhammer -- then in his fortieth year -- he emphasized those qualities of grace and refinement with which the artist's name has been associated ever since...
Museum magazine, Number 52 (2008 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2008)
This issue's featured article is a look at ancient American art, entitled "Before Columbus." Other articles include a profile of the Missouri Folk Arts Program called "Meet the People, Know the Program," an overview of luxury items from various...
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...
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 ...
An Unpublished Caricatura by Domenico Tiepolo
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1984)
The Lake of the Avernus and its Elusive Mystery
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1978)
Gothic art and German modernism: Max Beckmann and "Transzendente objektivitat"
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
of the potential viewer's capability to emphasize not primarily in regards to Christ but in regards to the surrounding figures in terms of their humanness. In his painting, as well as in his art statement Creative Credo, Beckmann connects Nietzsche's Vitalism...
Understanding gay cultures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
Perceptions of gay culture have changed dramatically over the last century. Before the Stonewall Riots of 1969, mainstream society chose not to acknowledge the existence of a gay sub-culture. The photographic works of ...
Museum Magazine, Number 50 (2007 Winter)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2007)
Preparing for Departure: The Art of Death and the Afterlife -- Special Exhibitions -- Events Calendar -- The Work of Art -- Spotlight Celebrating the Agrarian Worker: Diego Rivera's "Frutas des Campos" -- Museum Educators -- West Mexican Ceramics...
Roman Black-Gloss Pottery from the Capitoline Museums at the University of Missouri : A New 3D Scanning Project for Use Wear Analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)
MU Campus master plan : 1982 - 2007
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Various maps appear in this Campus Master Plan, each depicting the progress of building and other projects related to the University of Missouri's Master Plan....
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. ...
Goya and the grotesque: a study of themes of witchcraft and monstrous bodies
(2012)
Francisco de Goya lived during the "Enlightenment," an age associated with reason, when traditional superstitions became viewed as ridiculous beliefs of the ignorant poor. Goya adopted the theme of witchcraft into his artistic oeuvre from a desire...
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 ...
Museum of Art and Archaeology, Number 45 (2004 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2004)
Embroidering Biblical Heroines in Seventeenth-Century England
(2015)
English embroideries in the seventeenth century frequently depict biblical
narratives that feature examples of proper female behavior. Produced by young girls and
women, they were made to adorn the embroiderer’s home in ...
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...