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Parterre: An Installation By Lauren Fensterstock, Bowdoin College. Museum Of Art, Alison Ferris Jan 2008

Parterre: An Installation By Lauren Fensterstock, Bowdoin College. Museum Of Art, Alison Ferris

Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogues

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art from Oct. 3, 2008 through Jan.11, 2009.

Essay by Alison Ferris.


Andrea Sulzer: After Nature, Bowdoin College. Museum Of Art, Katy Kline Jan 2008

Andrea Sulzer: After Nature, Bowdoin College. Museum Of Art, Katy Kline

Museum of Art Exhibition Catalogues

" ... accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art from June 17 through August 27, 2008"--P. 16

Essay by Katy Kline.


World War I Posters And The Female Form, Laura M. Rother Jan 2008

World War I Posters And The Female Form, Laura M. Rother

ETD Archive

Like Britain and continental Europe, the United States would utilize the war poster to garner both funding and public support during World War I. While war has historically been considered a masculine endeavor, a relatively large number of these posters depict the female form. Although the use of women in American World War I propaganda may not initially seem problematic, upon further inspection it becomes clear that her presence often served to promote racial and national pretentiousness. Based on the works of popular pre-war illustrators like Howard Chandler Christy and Charles Dana Gibson, the American woman was the most attractive …