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The Medieval Genesis Of A Mythology Of Painting, Colin Dorward
The Medieval Genesis Of A Mythology Of Painting, Colin Dorward
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Abstract: The Medieval Genesis of a Mythology of Painting.
Author: Colin Dorward
Principal Advisor: Sky Glabush.
Advisory Committee: Dr. Kathryn Brush, Patrick Mahon.
This dissertation attempts to enrich awareness of the late antique and early medieval preconditions of art which fortified today’s capacity for painted representations to fulfill a demand for the presence of absent individuals, such as in the case of portraiture. Chapter one contextualizes this program of research in terms of my practice as an oil painter, where figuration plays a prominent role. Key aspects of my studio work are introduced, such as my commitment to working from …