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A Harmony Of Opposites, Patricia Reppenhagen
A Harmony Of Opposites, Patricia Reppenhagen
Dissertations and Theses
The central concept of my work is to bring opposing visual elements into harmony with one another. I feel that every aspect of life is composed of contradictory components or forces: order vs. chaos, the beautiful vs. the offensive, work vs. leisure, excitement vs. stability, method vs. chance. The examples are endless. These opposing elements are components in life which need to be balanced against each other to achieve harmony and order, as opposed to strife and conflict. Personally, the need for order and control in my own life is important and, I feel, is reflected in the above classical …
Image Development Through Process, Jean Handwerk Lee
Image Development Through Process, Jean Handwerk Lee
Dissertations and Theses
A Thesis Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Fine Arts in Painting.
Images From The Horse Heavens, David Thornock
Images From The Horse Heavens, David Thornock
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis is for a Master of Fine Arts in Painting.
Post Object Art And Sociological Influences On The Internal Processes Of Art Making, Steve Havens
Post Object Art And Sociological Influences On The Internal Processes Of Art Making, Steve Havens
Masters Theses
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss how external sociological factors inevitably have a profound effect on current art.
Much great art has been created against the flow of what is critically "popular" or "fashionable," but as these external factors become more prominent so the art work produced inevitably suffers.
The exhibition of Frank Stella's black and aluminum paintings at the turn of the 60's, in my own opinion, provided something of a landmark in the history of art. These works, in all their stark, flat, geometric nakedness denied both "form" and "content." They bare no illusions, no mythology, …