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dc.contributor.advisorHoard, Adrienne W., 1949-eng
dc.contributor.authorSelburg, Johneng
dc.date.issued2009eng
dc.date.submitted2009 Springeng
dc.descriptionThe 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.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on March 24, 2010).eng
dc.descriptionThesis advisor: Dr. Adrienne Walker Hoard,eng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionM.F. A. University of Missouri-Columbia 2009.eng
dc.descriptionDissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Art.eng
dc.description.abstractMy people have become disconnected from Nature. I live in Western society, which is a monetary-based, globalizing, technological empire that is occupying many of the world's cultures and quickly absorbing the rest. Western society shapes the minds of its subjects by overloading their senses through technological stimulation and isolation from the non-human world. Further, people become physically and mentally entrapped within the man made world becoming more separated from the natural world. This severance leads to two negative outcomes: the destruction of the natural world and ignorance toward God. My upbringing helped me fall in love with nature, but the world outside of my family unit exposed me to the dysfunction of Western society. My recent work, large scale charcoal drawings, is a means to reconcile this disconnect. I look back to the Pre-Columbian Americans who were nearly perfectly in tune with nature. Concepts of fairy lore have helped me understand the connection between the untamed imagination and harmony with nature. The Western artists Kathe Kollwitz and Salvador Dali have affected me with their perception and expression of Western society juxtaposed with nature. Music also has had a strong effect on me. My thesis is intended to give the reader a doorway into understanding my art.eng
dc.format.extentiv, 41 pageseng
dc.identifier.oclc568607294eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/6730
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/6730eng
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations. Theses. 2009 Theseseng
dc.rightsAccess is limited to the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia.eng
dc.sourceSubmitted by University of Missouri--Columbia Graduate School.eng
dc.subject.lcshSelburg, John Criticism and interpretationeng
dc.subject.lcshKollwitz, Käthe, 1867-1945 Influenceeng
dc.subject.lcshDalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 -- Influenceeng
dc.subject.lcshNature in arteng
dc.subject.lcshCharcoal drawingeng
dc.titleThe isolation of Western society from the revelations of natureeng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineArt (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.F.A.eng


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