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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.
Effects Of Cubism On American Painting Since 1914, Carl W. Brodin
Effects Of Cubism On American Painting Since 1914, Carl W. Brodin
All Master's Theses
The problem will consist of establishing the beliefs, theories, and methodology of the Cubist movement as formulated by the members of a Parisian group of artists known as Le Groupe du Bateau-Lavoir. The next step will be to attempt to discover these factors in representative paintings produced in America subsequent to 1914. The final step will be to show the extent of the influences by reproducing selected American paintings, quoting current writers, and drawing conclusions.
A Study Of The Expressive Qualities Of Non-Objective Form In Painting, Gordon E. Stalder
A Study Of The Expressive Qualities Of Non-Objective Form In Painting, Gordon E. Stalder
All Master's Theses
The purpose of the study was (1) to clarify the candidate's understanding of the expressive qualities of non-objective form; (2) to apply these understandings of the expressive qualities of nonobjective form to a creative method in making a series of paintings; and (3) to evaluate the effect of the study in its enrichment of the expressive quality of the non-objective forms in the candidate's paintings.
Photographs As A Source Of Content In Figure Painting, Constance Helen Weber
Photographs As A Source Of Content In Figure Painting, Constance Helen Weber
All Master's Theses
The purpose of the study was ( 1) to explore the candidate's concepts of the relationships between form and content found in specific subject matter (photographs of the artist's family); (2) to apply these concepts to a series of oil paintings; and (3) to present conclusions that would suggest modifications of the candidate's painting techniques.