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Fictitious Ecology, Paulina Zuckerman
Fictitious Ecology, Paulina Zuckerman
MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture
My thesis project, The Mountain Fog, is a children’s picture book pitch that tells a light-hearted story of two dogs who must face an environmental disaster. In this accompanying critical essay, I break down the process of crafting a fictional relationship between author-illustrator, animal characters, and the environment. It begins through the context of J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy Stories,” which identifies seeing the world through two lenses - the Primary world and the Secondary world. From these terms, I navigate the idea of a fictitious ecology, an encapsulated anthropomorphic world governed by the creator’s personal experience with nature. This …
Nurture: A Campaign About Animal Adoption In The Philippines Through Digital Illustrations, Julianne P. Chuah
Nurture: A Campaign About Animal Adoption In The Philippines Through Digital Illustrations, Julianne P. Chuah
DLSU Senior High School Research Congress
This paper focuses on animal adoption in the Philippines and how art can influence people to support this action. Animal adoption is not given much attention in the country, and certain stigmas are surrounding such topics. Additionally, some people prefer to choose the breed of their pet, so they would instead buy from a breeder or a pet store rather than adopting one. This causes shelters to overpopulate with animals, ultimately resulting in the euthanization of some animals. This research aims to normalize animal adoption through art—in the form of a campaign. The paper also connects utilitarianism to adoption in …
Man’S Best Friend? Dogs And Pigs In Early Modern Germany, Alison Stewart
Man’S Best Friend? Dogs And Pigs In Early Modern Germany, Alison Stewart
School of Art, Art History, and Design: Faculty Publications and Creative Activity
When Jacob Seisenegger and Titian painted individual portraits of Emperor Charles V around 1532, a dog replaced such traditional accouterments of imperial power as crown, scepter, and orb.3 Charles placed one hand on the dog’s collar, a gesture indicating his companion’s noble qualities including faithfulness.4 At the same time, another more down-to-earth meaning for the dog had become prominent in the decades before the imperial portraits: the interest in and ability to eat anything in sight. This pig-like ability resulted in dogs, alongside pigs, becoming emblems of indiscriminate and gluttonous eating and drinking during the early sixteenth century when humanists, …
Ua1c8 Logos & Symbols Photos, Wku Archives
Ua1c8 Logos & Symbols Photos, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Images of logos and symbols of Western Kentucky University and its predecessors.
- Athletics
- Illustrations / Artwork
Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - White Squirrels, Wku Archives
Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - White Squirrels, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Records
Articles regarding the white squirrels that live on the WKU campus.
Certificate For Good Teeth (1973), American Dental Association
Certificate For Good Teeth (1973), American Dental Association
Patient Dental Health Education Brochures
No abstract provided.
Certificate For Good Teeth (1968), American Dental Association
Certificate For Good Teeth (1968), American Dental Association
Patient Dental Health Education Brochures
No abstract provided.
L'Illustre Dompteur, P. Guigou, A. Vimar, Special Collections, Fleet Library
L'Illustre Dompteur, P. Guigou, A. Vimar, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Illustration
47, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 32 cm. Series: Libraririe Plon. Color illustration on title page. Pochoir illustrations. Cloth binding, color illustration mounted on cover.
Julian L. Peabody collection, transferred from the RISD Museum.