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Advertising Media As A Source For Painting Iconography, Betty Thompkins
Advertising Media As A Source For Painting Iconography, Betty Thompkins
All Master's Theses
One of the phenomena of twentieth century America is the enormous growth in size and influence of the advertising industry. It is impossible to avoid the visual and aural images of sultry women and sophisticated men (and various portions of their anatomy), who order, persuade and cajole the public through the media of television, newspapers and magazines. It was the purpose of this thesis (1) to use these advertisements as a source of visual imagery for a series of drawings and paintings; (2) to utilize the resulting ambiguity of the image when taken out of a commercial context and put …
Social Comment As A Phase In The Development Of A More Personal Expression In Oil Painting, Isaiah James Boodhoo
Social Comment As A Phase In The Development Of A More Personal Expression In Oil Painting, Isaiah James Boodhoo
All Master's Theses
The purpose of this study is (1) to examine the presence or social comment in painting from a historical point or view, (2) to support its validity as a theme in art, (3) to use this theme in the creation or a number or oil paintings, and (4) to develop through this means a more personal expression in painting.