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An Evolving Tradition: Andoa Pottery Of The Ecuadorian Amazon, Joe Molinaro
An Evolving Tradition: Andoa Pottery Of The Ecuadorian Amazon, Joe Molinaro
Art and Design Faculty and Staff Scholarship
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An Evolving Tradition: Andoa Pottery Of The Ecuadorian Amazon, Joe Molinaro
An Evolving Tradition: Andoa Pottery Of The Ecuadorian Amazon, Joe Molinaro
Joe Molinaro
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A Third System Of The Arts? An Exploration Of Some Ideas From Larry Shiner's The Invention Of Art: A Cultural History, David Clowney
A Third System Of The Arts? An Exploration Of Some Ideas From Larry Shiner's The Invention Of Art: A Cultural History, David Clowney
Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)
I explore some implications of Larry Shiner’s view that fine art is a modern invention. In part I, I briefly summarize Shiner’s main thesis and defend it against some misunderstandings and objections that have appeared in the literature. In part II, I discuss Shiner’s remarks about the possible emergence of what he calls a “third system of the arts.” I ask what such a system might look like, consider some signs that it may indeed be emerging, and venture a suggestion about what would be required for it actually to come about.
Schema, Ann Walsh
Schema, Ann Walsh
Theses and Dissertations
A schema is described as a diagram showing the basic outline of something, or as an organizational or conceptual pattern in the mind. It is also, in Kantian philosophy, a method that allows the understanding to apply concepts to the evidence of the senses. My Schema is a model of emergence.
Bounded Surface, Emilie Sayward Brown
Bounded Surface, Emilie Sayward Brown
Theses and Dissertations
The relationship between surface, perception, and structure has occupied my graduate studies. Locating, transforming, and transcending the surface requires play with perceptive abilities not only of vision, but of touch, hearing, and the other senses as well. How do the interactions of sense with the qualities of a surface determine our perception of the world? What role does the extension of the senses play in one's ability to perceive surface and structure? Using sense information gleaned from surfaces, the tectonics of our world are made visible. Might this relationship be played backwards as well? Composed structures produce surfaces upon which …