Browsing Art & Art History Electronic Theses and Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2011 Fall"

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  • "Art is religion:" Adolf Hoelzel's modernism 

    Reeber, Sharon (2012)
    This study considers the work of Austrian-born Adolf Hoelzel (1853-1934), an innovative artist and educator whose contributions to German modernism deserve to be reassessed. His intense lifelong search to understand the ...

  • Dining and revelry in French rococo art 

    Williams, Sarah J. Sylvester (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 ...

  • George Catlin and the Pipestone Quarry: paradise of the red gods 

    Mundy, Denise Louise (2012)
    George Catlin, pioneer, author, ethnographer, entrepreneur, was foremost an artist of exceptional talents. He made five difficult journeys westward from 1830-1836 to paint the Native Americans and their way of life. His ...