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Women In The Political Elite, Lois M. Guymon

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A Comparative Analysis Of Selected Twentieth Century Watercolorists, Bonnie L. Ferguson

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My objectives in writing this paper were to research selected watercolorists whose work I admire and whose work bears a relationship to my own, and to make a comparative analysis. In the process of research, I found that not all of the work of the artists I had chosen related totally to my own, but there was at least one of the basic elements that did apply. I wanted to learn from looking at their work and reading about their philosophies. That I did; and it has stimulated in me many thoughts and plans, wishes to try some of their …

Experience As Art Form, Karen Karabasz

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A Follow-Up Study Of Senior High School Graduates Of The Navajo Methodist Mission School, Farmington, New Mexico, Dolores Marie Conyers

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Attitude Survey Of Selected Subgroups Of Administration, Faculty, And Students Regarding Locally Produced Television Tapes At Oak Park And River Forest High School, Robert W. Rennels

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The United States And The Spd, 1945-1949: An Examination Of Policies And Attitudes, Bruce L. Berry

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Sculpture Through Interchangeable Boxes, Dale Wisniewski

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The objective of this paper is to focus attention on the versatility of the solid geometric box and its variations as utilized by the author in creating a multitude ot interchangeable sculpture from a single set of boxes. The intent of the artist, in using the box, was to create a set of boxes which could be arranged in a variety of positions to become at each time a unique and valid sculpture. For purposes of this paper the term box will be used to denote structures comprising three dimensions with opposite sides being parallel and adjacent sides at right …

Whitman's And Melville's Civil War: A Comparison Of Drum-Taps And Battle-Pieces, Martha M. Gower

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The Influence Of Henry Clay Upon Abraham Lincoln Regarding Lines Of Argument On The Slavery Issue, Kenneth E. Aubens

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The purpose of this study was: To discover the influence of Henry Clay upon Abraham Lincoln regarding lines of argument on the slavery issue. The method of procedure entailed the following: gathering all available materials related to the problem; organizing the gathered materials into the headings of Henry Clay on the slavery issue; Abraham Lincoln on the slavery issue; and Abraham Lincoln's acknowledgements to Henry Clay on the slavery issue; analyzing the materials according to support for previous writings; contradiction of previous writings; and supplement to previous writings; reporting the findings of the study; and summarizing the findings leading to …

Stone Imagery In The Poetry Of Sylvia Plath, Louana L. Peontek

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New Deal Programs And The Great Depression In Effingham County, Edward Lee Allen

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Symbolic Meaning In The Objects Of Robert Rauschenburg And Jasper Johns, Jacqueline Crouch

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Acrylic Sheet In Combination With Other Plastics As A Personal Art Form, Olga K. Durham

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The Stations Of The Cross: A Personal Interpretation, Roy Rusty E. Smith Ii

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Beyond Noah's Arc, Ten Panel Polyptych, Dennis D. Berger

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The Photo-Image: Its Transformation And Reformation, John Lim

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Tradition In American Realism, George L. Ganley

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Eight Teacher-Potters, Bob Daugherty

Masters Theses

This paper presents a survey of statements and the works of eight teacher-potters in Illinois. The works range from simple functional ware to funk art objects. The firing temperatures range from low fire white ware to high fire salt. The styles of the work are many; the philosophies of the work varied; and techniques of the work are diversified; but common to each work is its creation from idea to actuality by the teacher-potter. Beyond depicting the work, the paper attempts to establish the teacher-potter who created the work by showing photographs of him and by presenting his ideas and …

Reconstruction Of Childhood Nostalgia Using Mixed Media, William H. Christ Jr.

Masters Theses

The subject of children and adults within spatial environments in two and three dimension, all are included to form the basis of this thesis projects. The paper describes the subject matter by means of procedures, references, and methods of presentation.

Chapter I explains the overall problems, the materials incorporated, and shows actual photographs of the work. Chapter II provides historical precedents relevant to the topic chosen. Chapter III involves a presentation which uses three separate aspects inviting the spectator to join in and by participating relate to each experience in his or her own way.

Borrowed Images: Work In Color Separation Photo Serigraphy, Eugene Arnold Staudt

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The Adaptability Of Aluminum-Plate Lithography To Eastern Illinois University, Nancy Sue Jones

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A Comparison Of Career And Homemaking Oriented Women Using The Strong Vocational Interest Blank, William L. Clark

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Hermann Hesse And Vedanta Philosophy: A Discussion Of The Correlation Between The Basic Themes In The Later Novels Of Hermann Hesse And The Traditional Philosophy Of India, James Edgar Carnahan

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The Innocent Character In Twain's Public Scenes, Connie J. Link

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Lawrence Yates Sherman: United States Senator From Illinois, 1913-1921, Jerome Bentley Holstein

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The purpose of this thesis is to consider the political career of Lawrence Yates Sherman. Sherman, who served as United States Senator from Illinois, 1913-1921, was a colorful individual in Congress during one of the Republic's more turbulent periods. As a United States Senator, Sherman dealt with many vital issues. However, Senator Sherman is best-known for his "irreconcilable" position on the question of ratification of the Treaty of the League of Nations.

Actually, Sherman's political career was much more extensive than merely opposition to the League of Nations. Sherman was the "favorite-son" candidate of Illinois for the nomination of the …

Freudian Dream Symbols In Q.E.D., Melanctha And Ida, Victoria M. Davis

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The "Illuminusion" Concept, Ray Murman

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My intention in painting and drawing is to demonstrate luminous effects in an atmospheric field.

In painting, attention is directed to various color impressions. A color may be perceived as iridescent, metallic, filmy, voluminous, hard, etc. Also, an overall tinted atmosphere establishes a misty field in which these color impressions are displayed. A systematically prepared palette of adjusted colors is then formed. The idea is a planned color effect transforming design elements.

In drawing, light and dark contrast control sets the illumination character. Various graphitic media are used to render atmospheric perspective and delineate objects in space. Impressions of texture, …

Increased Rate Of Response In Programmed Reading Through Contingent Peer Tutoring, Nancy Lynn Grimes

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To Discover The Nature And Significance Of Abraham Lincoln's Activities And Impact Upon The People Of Macoupin County, Illinois, From An Examination Of Available Records And Reports, Mary Louise Wilson

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The Illinois Populists: Radical Politics At The Township Level, 1892, David Merle Holford

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