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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...
The Chinese scholar's garden in France : Moulin Joli in Claude-Henri Watelet's Essai sur les jardins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Moulin Joli was a garden composed from 1754 to 1772 by Claude-Henri Watelet on three islands and the banks of the Seine northwest of Paris. Designed to facilitate a more...
Subversive exposure: realism and masquerade in Song Byeok's art practice
(2013)
At age 24, Song Byeok became an official state propaganda artist under the totalitarian Kim regime of North Korea. After famine, family death, torture and prison camp, Song escaped from North Korea in 2002 and continued to create art in South Korea...
A Painted Scroll from West Bengal
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1975)
An Eighteenth-Century Collaboration : Fragonard, Robert and the Abbe Saint-Non
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1992)
Mizzou weekly (online version), volume 31, number 23
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Division of Marketing and Publications., 2010)
Museum Magazine, Number 67 (2015 Fall)
(University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2015)
The issue's feature article, "Classical convergence Greek and Roman myths in European prints : exhibition dates: September 29, 2015 through January 24, 2016," describes the exhibition which is inspired by tales of the ...
Ana Mendieta- a search for identity
(2012)
Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-American female artist, whose work was a
continuing search for identity throughout her life. She often searched for her roots in
the earth itself, using it directly in her art and with her own ...
Dialogue at the Threshold: The Artist Between Museum and Community
(2015)
Artists Suzanne Lacy and Ann Hamilton use forms of language to produce
experiences that challenge the individual’s perception. While differing in methods and
outcomes, Lacy and Hamilton construct environments that allow ...
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 ...
In the Pasture of the Gods
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1987)
and "accounts" settled. Two such bronze animal figurines in the collection of the Museum of Art and Archaeology of the University of Missouri-Columbia exemplify the stylistic diversity of this early Greek sculptural tradition."--First paragraph....
Living Landscapes: John Dunkley and the Cultural Landscape of Colonial Jamaica
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
To many Jamaicans nature itself was spiritual and alive, and while John Dunkley’s
landscapes seek to mystify audiences, this thesis seeks to discern the complex symbolism
within his paintings. Although only moderately ...
Altar kulture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] My thesis artworks are a result of bringing disparate approaches together into a unique combination of Kustom Kulture processes and Fine Art perspectives. This unique...
Artist/Model/Patron in Antiquity : Interpreting Ansiaux's Alexander, Apelles, and Campaspe
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1988)
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 ...
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 ...
The Lake of the Avernus and its Elusive Mystery
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1978)
MU 2010 campus master plan
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
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....
Fallen Angel : A Case Study in Architectural Ornamentation
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2016)