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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
The ethical implications surrounding infotainment as compared to traditional news
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This research sought to analyze and compare infotainment programming to traditional news outlets in order to identify how they are perceived by audiences as a source...
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...
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 ...
Spectrum, Cultural Events Issue, 1986-87
(University of Missouri, University Information Services, 1986)
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...
David Le Marchand's Madonna and Child
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1974)
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...
Gatekeeping practices for online visual news : a content analysis of YouTube news videos on the Voice of America Mandarin Service
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The Voice of America (VOA) Mandarin Service is one of language programs of the VOA funded by the United States governments. It has been labeled as "enemy...
A.B. Lord Fellowship in Oral Tradition
(2011)
Announcement of the first recipient of the the A.B. Lord Fellowship in Oral Tradition....
The Boundaries of Femininity: A Case for Two Women Artists Working in Eighteenth-century France
(2015)
Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard were two of the most prominent
women artists in France during the second half of the eighteenth-century. I argue in this
thesis that in their responses to a range of ...
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...
The resilience of journalists of color in newsroom management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Recent industry figures show that newsrooms are far from parity goals set, and re-set with a 25-year delay, for the total percentage of journalists employed in the news business to match that of the percentage of minorities ...
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...
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...