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Negotiating Liberty: Fine Ceramics For The U.S. American Market Before 1860, Presley Rodriguez

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis argues that the rise of the consumer market toward the end of the eighteenth century led to the production of decorated fine ceramics that became powerful modes of popularizing new ideas in the United States regarding independence, national symbols, and abolitionism.

Leonardo’S Ancient Inspiration, Willem N. Roelandts

CAFE Symposium 2023

Investigating the hidden ancient inspiration in Leonardo de Vinci’s 'Battle of Anghiari' and it’s significance to the city of Florence. How and why Leonardo chose to incorporate Greco-Roman aesthetics into his art.

Sites Of Cultural Production In Response To Mass Extinction, Stephanie S. Turner, Evamarie Lindahl, Tara Nicholson

Animal Studies Journal

This conversation, mediated by Tara Nicholson, considers Stephanie Turner and EvaMarie Lindahl’s research in cultural representations of extinction and investigations of more-than-human forms of storytelling through an art historical lens. In response to Lori Gruen’s classification, extinction is a distinctive loss of ‘animal cultures’. It is more than biodiversity destruction or a static inventory of a species’ death. Nonhuman ways of building bonds, reproducing, teaching offspring, constructing homes and mourning the dead, are all systems of knowledge lost in extinction (Gruen et al. 2017). This conversation offers compassionate ways of bearing witness to species destruction and a space for empathy …

Michelangelo Buonarroti And Homophobia In The Renaissance, Grace T. O. Ray

The Confluence

Tommaso de’ Cavalieri was a young man with an aristocratic background when he first met famous artist Michelangelo Buonarroti in Rome. Tommaso was known to be an incomparable physical beauty, with intelligence and elegant manners, as well as being a member of one of the most illustrious families of Rome—the Orsini. Some have said this is what drew the artist to Cavalieri from the start. Though not much is known about their encounter, it is confirmed that Cavalieri remained a close and loyal companion to Michelangelo for thirty-two years until the artist’s death in 1564. Furthermore, throughout their years together …

Choppy Forgeries: A Vr Sculpting Game, Jonah Warren

Frameless

Choppy Forgeries is a fast-paced sculpting game made for virtual reality headsets. The game is intended to give players the opportunity to practice and appreciate the skills associated with artmaking and sculpture (Seeley and Kozbelt, 2008, 163–166) in a fun, light- hearted, competitive context. The game also requires players to closely examine and engage with famous classical sculpture from art history through its gameplay.

Worcester Public Art For Esl Students, Eleanor Rueffer

Visual and Performing Arts

Funded by the Steinbrecher Fellowship, "Worcester Public Art for ESL Students" are original teaching materials (a 28-page booklet and worksheets) that utilize simple English to introduce some of Worcester's iconic public artworks. While the intended audience is English learners, the focus is on the content and is encouraged for use by anyone looking to enjoy and learn about Worcester history and art.

The booklet includes descriptions and histories of six Worcester artworks (Burnside Fountain, Soldiers' Monument, Major Taylor Statue, Mechanics Hall Mural, Rogers-Kennedy Memorial, and Chamberlain Fountain) with technical terms or difficult words bolded and explained in a glossary.

Eleanor …

Fashioning The Flapper: Clothing As A Catalyst For Social Change In 1920s America, Julia Wolffe

Honors Program Theses

Fashion has been a catalyst for social change throughout human history. Fashion in 1920s America in particular reflects society's rapidly evolving attitudes towards gender and race. Beginning with how corsetry heavily restricted women for nearly four hundred years up until the twentieth century, this thesis explores how clothing has acted as a tool for societal progression following World War I and Women's Suffrage and during the Jazz Age and The Harlem Renaissance. Specifically, this thesis examines how the influence of jazz music and dance that originated from Black American communities led to the creation of the flapper evening dress. The …

The Literary Controversies Of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, Victoria Duehring

The Forum: Journal of History

This literary review will focus on Michelangelo’s most significant work of color: the Sistine ceiling. Michelangelo’s work has spawned a plethora of literature, but this paper will focus on three main controversial topics: assistants (or lack thereof), the ignudi’s purpose, and restoration. I will also apply a psycho-historical approach to these controversies and identify potential avenues for future research.

Artists' Genres: A Brief Introduction To Post-Medieval Western Art, Robert Jensen

Art and Visual Studies Faculty Book Gallery

Artists' Genres is a brief introduction to the history of post-medieval Western art organized by the major genres. The book is designed as a basic textbook for high school- or introductory college-level courses or for individuals simply looking for an interesting guidebook into the art of this period and geographical region.

This is the revised edition of Artists' Genres: A Brief Introduction to Post-Medieval Western Art, which was released in 2018.

Lesson 10: The Northern Renaissance And Arnolfini Double Portrait, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers artworks created during the Northern Renaissance with a focus on Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Double Portrait.

Lesson 03: Prehistory - Our Connection To The History Of Humankind Before Text, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers prehistoric art from the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages. It focuses on cave art (Pech-Merle, Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc, Lascaux) and carved figures (Woman of Willendorf) from the Paleolithic period and megalithic architecture (Stonehenge) from the Neolithic period.

Lesson 07: The History Of Blue, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers the history of Lapis Lazuli and Tyrian Purple in art and architecture.

Lesson 04: Death And Mourning In The Prehistoric And Ancient World, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers death and mourning in the prehistoric and ancient world by discussing related art and architecture including, but not limited to, Varna Necropolis, The Flood Tablet / The Gilgamesh Tablet, Ziggurat in Uruk, Royal Tombs of Ur, Great Pyramids of Giza, Tomb of King Tutankhamun, and Book of the Dead of Hunefer.

Lesson 08: The Renaissance, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers artworks created during the Renaissance in Europe. It begins with a preface on artworks created prior to the Renaissance that focused on Christian ideology and iconography. Artists discussed include Botticelli, Donatello, Michelangelo, Bernini, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Lesson 09: Michelangelo- From High Renaissance To Mannerism, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers artworks created between the High Renaissance and Mannerism with a focus on Michelangelo.

Lesson 01: Introduction To Art Appreciation, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers the elements and principles of art. Elements of art are the physical parts of the work, including line, shape, form, space, texture, value, color, and time. Principles of art are the ways in which those parts are arranged, including unity/variety, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm, and pattern.

Lesson 06: Divine Architecture, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers divine architecture including the Ancient Greek Parthenon, Ancient Roman Pantheon, Byzantine Hagia Sophia, and Gothic Chartres Cathedral.

Lesson 11: Bosch And Other Scenes Of The Apocalypse, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers artworks of scenes from the apocalypse with a focus on Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights.

Lesson 12: Hans Holbein And Kerry James Marshall, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson connects Han Holbein’s The Ambassadors to Kerry James Marshall’s School of Beauty.

Lesson 15: Fragonard Through The French Revolution, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lessons covers Rococo artworks by Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Neoclassical artworks by Jacques Louis David.

Lesson 05: Ideal Beauty In The Ancient World, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers ideal beauty in the ancient world by discussing related art and architecture from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

Lesson 02: Elements And Principles, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers the elements and principles of art. Elements of art are the physical parts of the work, including line, shape, form, space, texture, value, color, and time. Principles of art are the ways in which those parts are arranged, including unity/variety, balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm, and pattern.

Lesson 17 Part 2: Reactions To The Modern World-Post-Impressionism And Expressionism, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lessons covers the difference between impressionism and expressionism. Post-impressionism is represented through artworks by Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cèzanne, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Expressionism is represented through artworks by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Vassily Kandinsky.

Lesson 22: Postmodernism, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers postmodernism with a focus on artists Cindy Sherman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, James Turrell, Damien Hirst, Nam June Paik, Kehinde Wiley, and Bruce Nauman.

Lesson 20: Soup Cans! Consumerism! Balloon Dogs! - From Andy Warhol To Jeff Koons, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers pop art by Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, and Jeff Koons.

Lesson 18: On The Dada Of Art Versus The Dada Of War, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers Dada with a focus on artists Hugo Ball, Marcel Duchamp, Hannah Höch and surrealism with a focus on artists Meret Oppenheim, Man Ray, Salvador Dali.

Lesson 21: Vision And Abstraction By Female Artists, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers female artists including Judy Chicago, Hilma af Klint, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Remedios Varo, Agnes Martin, Louise Bourgeois, and Yayoi Kusama.

Lesson 14: Judith And The Heroines Of Baroque Art, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers Baroque artworks by Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Gianlorenzo Bernini.

Lesson 23: The Postmodern Body In Art, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers postmodern art that incorporates the body by artists Marina Abramović, Gonzalez-Torres, Nick Cave, and Wangechi Mutu.

Lesson 19: The Unraveling - Abstraction In The Modern Era, Marie Porterfield

Art Appreciation Open Educational Resource

This lesson covers cubism, abstract expressionism, and minimalism. Cubism is discussed with artworks by Pablo Picasso, abstract expressionism by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko, and minimalism by Donald Judd.