dc.contributor.advisor | Schwain, Kristin, 1971- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | McClellan, Meghan, 1985- | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | United States | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | France | eng |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1800-1899 | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 Spring | eng |
dc.description | Illustrations not reproduced. | eng |
dc.description | The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on January 25, 2010). | eng |
dc.description | Thesis advisor: Dr. Kristin Schwain. | eng |
dc.description | M.A. University of Missouri--Columbia 2009. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | The academic scholarship that surrounds Mary Cassatt situates her work within a staunchly gendered category of "female artist." By placing this title on the artist and her work, in the context of 19th century art criticism, her paintings have been overlooked as simple sentimental representations of women and children. Yet, a thorough analysis of Cassatt's character, class-status, and cultural exposure to wit, present a very different picture; her "sentimental" work takes a new meaning when looked at through a cultural context of artistic practices in wit and conversation. Cassatt's presentation of wit is grounded in social critique, asserting her position as an upper-class woman. She takes the act of perception, intrinsic to the irony found in wit and turns it towards the traditional conceptions of femininity and womanhood. By identifying the witty play within Cassatt's work as well as her contemporaries, a more intellectually engaged artist appears. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.format.extent | vii, 80 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.merlin | b73412363 | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 501826867 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/6530 | |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | OpenAccess. | eng |
dc.rights.license | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. | |
dc.source | Submitted by University of Missouri--Columbia Graduate School. | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926 -- Criticism and interpretation | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Women artists | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Artists | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Expatriate artists | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Impressionism (Art) | eng |
dc.title | The impression of humor : Mary Cassatt and her rendering of wit | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Art history and archaeology (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
thesis.degree.name | M.A. | eng |