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Synthesis As A Method For Elaboration, Polly Johnson
Synthesis As A Method For Elaboration, Polly Johnson
Theses and Dissertations
Before I began this thesis, I examined my previous work and a consistent quality emerged. l tended to assemble (synthesize) things (entities) that were seemingly unlike (disparate). I q u e s t i o n e d my approach and its validity as a design methodology.
I found, through investigation into the nature of my p r o c e s s and the process of other artists and designers that specific methods of synthesis could be defined. In this thesis I have outlined three synthesis methodologies. They are not the only methods that exist, but were the ones …
Florine Stettheimer: A Re-Appraisal Of The Artist In Context, Melissa (Liles) Parris
Florine Stettheimer: A Re-Appraisal Of The Artist In Context, Melissa (Liles) Parris
Theses and Dissertations
Florine Stettheimer was an independent painter and eminent "art hostess" among the avant-garde in New York City during the years between the World Wars. In 1916, Stettheimer rather suddenly affected a naive or unschooled style that did not fit within any academic or vanguard movement. This new style, what I have termed conscious naiveté, can be considered the genesis of Stettheimer's mature works. Contemporaneous critical appraisals after the shift in style undervalued the inventive modernity of her work and unfairly “feminized” her style.