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Full-Text Articles in Art and Design
Fore And Aft: Abstraction In Tolkien’S “Ishness” Designs, John R. Holmes
Fore And Aft: Abstraction In Tolkien’S “Ishness” Designs, John R. Holmes
Journal of Tolkien Research
Though Tolkien's artwork tended toward the figural, there was a period during his undergraduate years in which he created abstracts under the name of "Ishnesses." This essay examines the nature of abstraction, how it relates to medieval concepts of art, and how it relates to Tolkien's "visionary" painting of subjects not in the primary world but in the Middle-earth of his vast imagination.
Fore and Aft: Abstraction, Vanishing Point and Symmetry in Tolkien’s “Ishness” Designs
Ecological Art: Art With A Purpose, Aaron M. Ellison, David Buckley Borden
Ecological Art: Art With A Purpose, Aaron M. Ellison, David Buckley Borden
The Goose
Ecological art is purposeful and often prescriptive: the actions and directions intended by the artists for activists to undertake often are clearly represented. Yet, ecological art has been no more successful than, for example, targeted scientific research, deposits on returnable bottles, or land-protection campaigns at slowing global warming, reducing the amount of waste we generate every day, or halting the ongoing sixth mass extinction in the history of the Earth. Here, we consider the idea that prescriptive ecological art provides insufficient mental space for creative reflection about future scenarios of, and responses to, environmental change. We ask whether, by presenting …
The Dream Of Being Totally Open, Frederick Greis
The Dream Of Being Totally Open, Frederick Greis
Theses and Dissertations
This essay details four major themes in the paintings of Frederick Greis: spiritual experience, nature, pleasure, and humor. These themes are described within the context of the artist's main goal, which is to create an experience of profound unburdening.
Trackable Painting, Jisoo Hur
Trackable Painting, Jisoo Hur
Theses and Dissertations
This paper describes how I suggest a way to read images in painting by supposing that the gap between paintings can have a new role in the reading. This process consists of three parts that go through references and titles of my paintings.
Para Ti, Ashley Lothyan
Para Ti, Ashley Lothyan
CGU MFA Theses
This group of work draws from family photos that are over 15 years old, chosen from when I was born to the age of ten. Torn, wrinkled, and discolored, these photographs influence how I paint immediate family members, locations I grew up in, and myself.