Browsing 2010 Theses (MU) by Thesis Department "Art (MU)"
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Contextus ad absurdum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Using clashing fields of referents, an ornate, mystical aesthetic, printmaking, PowerPoint, and glitter, this creative research fuses Baroque and ... -
Damaged
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)I have always been fascinated by the psychology [i.e. of] human and what motivates behaviors and choices made in life. This interest is more profound than merely my own inactive and proactive conduct, it also involves ... -
The impact of technology on tradition : the role of craft in our lives today
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)It is apparent that since the advent of the Industrial Revolution, technologies have gone through many changes. All traditional methods of manufacturing goods and objects have been mechanized and become mass-produced. This ... -
Industry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Artists throughout the centuries have infused their art with their ideological outlook in order to persuade, educate or shock target audiences. Typically, these ideologies, revolve around religious and political systems. ... -
It's elementary my dear Watson
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)This creative research explores connections between the fields of scientific research, weapons proliferation and ceramic art making. My work consists of a twisted world of these themes seen and told through childhood imagery ... -
Necessary imbalance: ceramic sculpture as human social analogue
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)The focus of this visual investigation is the relationship between the individual and the larger group. I often struggle to understand myself, my curiosities and motivations and how they relate to the greater society. I ... -
Re-altered landscapes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The research in this work addresses the systematic construction of the American suburban landscape. The cost-effective model of neighborhood development ... -
Social sacrifice : creativity stifled by control
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)My thesis centers on the idea of "societal control that results in stifled creativity within an individual". We begin life able to playfully express imaginative ideas until our ideas are judged and we start to question ...