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Dancescape: A Work In Thetranslation Of Bodies And Movement, Julia Allisson Cost
Dancescape: A Work In Thetranslation Of Bodies And Movement, Julia Allisson Cost
Scripps Senior Theses
Translation is inevitably challenging work. When the human body and its movement are the subjects translated, the work may be particularly difficult, as questions both technical and ethical may arise about the representation in the second medium. Yet the exercise can also be very illuminating, creating space for insights that may not have been possible without the translation. For my Scripps College art thesis, I have created a series of paintings of Western dancers and researched four artists whose work involves bodies, movement, or dance and whose approaches differ tremendously. These artists are Edgar Degas (1834-1917), an impressionist painter known …