Canvas Politics: Norman Lewis And The Art Of Abstract Resistance,
2015
Purdue University
Canvas Politics: Norman Lewis And The Art Of Abstract Resistance, Mindy H.M Tan
Open Access Dissertations
Norman Lewis (1909-1979) is best remembered, perhaps erroneously, as the first African American Abstract Expressionist. In this dissertation, I argue that he is better suited as a Social Abstractionist and an Abstract Allusionist based on the life he lived, the work he produced, and his involvement in both black art and the Abstract Expressionist movement. ^ I begin by presenting a comprehensive overview of Lewis' biography and oeuvre. Painting from the 1930s to the late 1970s, his aesthetic sensibilities can be categorized into three distinct phases: 1) in the 1930s, answering to the call for a new presentation of the …
Effects Of Life: Comparisons Of Theme In “A Devoted Son” And
“Malachi’S Cove”,
2015
Grand Island Senior High School
Effects Of Life: Comparisons Of Theme In “A Devoted Son” And “Malachi’S Cove”, Fatima Barragan-Herrera
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Anthony Trollope and Anita Desai, come from different cultures which contribute to their individual writing. Anthony Trollope, originally from London uses his daily setting of cliffs and seaside coves in his short story "Malachi's Cove". Anita Desai, originally from British India, uses her common cultured thought of sending their children to the United States for a better life in her story "A Devoted Son"
Our Dystopian World,
2015
Grand Island Senior High School
Our Dystopian World, Kellee Nguyen
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
If we do not heed the warnings in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel the Handmaid’s Tale, we, similar to handmaids will lose ourselves to society’s conveyor belt: go to school, graduate, attend college, graduate once more, raise a family, and then work away the rest of our lives. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale acts as an in depth metaphoric replication of modern society. The society in which Offred resides in, through historical events, reasoning, and the decrease in birth rates, the government's action is justified as the people's moral values are suppressed and their rights taken away from them. Likewise, in …
Determining The Influence Of The Network Time Protocol (Ntp) On The Domain Name Service Security Extension (Dnssec) Protocol,
2015
Indiana State University
Determining The Influence Of The Network Time Protocol (Ntp) On The Domain Name Service Security Extension (Dnssec) Protocol, Sherman J. Cold
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Recent hacking events against Sony Entertainment, Target, Home Depot, and bank Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) fosters a growing perception that the Internet is an insecure environment. While Internet Privacy Concerns (IPCs) continue to grow out of a general concern for personal privacy, the availability of inexpensive Internet-capable mobile devices increases the Internet of Things (IoT), a network of everyday items embedded with the ability to connect and exchange data. Domain Name Services (DNS) has been integral part of the Internet for name resolution since the beginning. Domain Name Services has several documented vulnerabilities; for example, cache poisoning. The solution adopted …
Preserving The Past: A Path To The Future,
2015
Carleton College
Preserving The Past: A Path To The Future, Nancy Wilkie
Lecture Series
Looting, Repatriation, Archaeology in War Zones
A Gramscian Analysis Of Roman Bathing In The Provinces,
2015
University of South Florida
A Gramscian Analysis Of Roman Bathing In The Provinces, Diana Danielle Davis
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This paper argues the institution of Roman bathing was an instrument of cultural hegemony, which allowed the Roman Empire to maintain hegemony over the Roman provinces. Numerous frameworks have been suggested in order to provide a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between Rome and the provinces. Roman imperialism has been a topic of debate for over one hundred years and the vicissitudes of scholarly thought are highlighted by the changes in the characterization of the theory of Romanization. In the recent past, scholars have sought a framework that could progress beyond the problematic concept of Romanization in order to better …
Sagp Newsletter 2014/15.3 Pacific,
2015
Binghamton University
Sagp Newsletter 2014/15.3 Pacific, Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Elevating The Other: A Theoretical Approach To Alexander Mcqueen,
2015
Brigham Young University - Provo
Elevating The Other: A Theoretical Approach To Alexander Mcqueen, Keri Rowe
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines the relationship between art and fashion in order to first, justify fashion as an art form, and second, demonstrate the applicability of critical theory to the study of fashion through an examination of Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2006 menswear collection, titled “Killa,” presented in Milan, Italy, in 2005. “Killa,” loosely based on William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies and its 1963 film adaptation, opens with crisp, white, tailored suits worn by neatly groomed models. Steadily throughout the collection, these tailored suits are exchanged for wide-legged, cropped shorts, and tanks in browns and beiges. By the end, …
Betende Hande: Albrecht Durer's Self-Portrait As A Gothic Church,
2015
Brigham Young University - Provo
Betende Hande: Albrecht Durer's Self-Portrait As A Gothic Church, Christine Heathcote
Theses and Dissertations
In 1508 Albrecht Dürer, famed German printmaker and Nürnberg citizen, was commission by Jakob Heller of Frankfurt to paint a large altarpiece for a new church. The Heller Altarpiece was the second commission of the printer since his training in Venice, Italy (1504-1507) to paint like an Italian master. In order to prepare for such a commission, Dürer spent over a year creating drawings of black ink and white chalk on blue Venetian paper to serve as inspiration for the large painting. However once the painting was complete, the artist held onto these ink and chalk drawings as part of …
Review Of Jessica Priestley, Herodotus & Hellenistic Culture,
2015
Whitworth University
Review Of Jessica Priestley, Herodotus & Hellenistic Culture, Paul Ojennus
Library Faculty Scholarship
Review of Jessica Priestley, Herodotus & Hellenistic Culture: Literary Studies in the Reception of the Histories. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xii + 274. Hardcover, $99.00. ISBN 978-0-19-965309-6. Priestley offers a reconsideration of Herodotus’ reception in Hellenistic culture: he prefigures many of the cultural preoccupations of the Hellenistic period, he was in fact widely read and imitated, and it was within Hellenistic culture that he arrives at his Ciceronian status as the ‘father of history’.
The Matriarchal Nimbus: Matthäus Gutrecht The Younger's The Holy Kinship,
2015
Brigham Young University - Provo
The Matriarchal Nimbus: Matthäus Gutrecht The Younger's The Holy Kinship, Camille J. Jacobsen
Theses and Dissertations
In The Holy Kinship (1500-1510), the artist Matthäus Gutrecht the Younger defies convention by portraying the importance of matriarchy, via the semiotics of the nimbus. Within Christian art, the nimbus has been widely used as a signifier of divinity. Saints and angels, as well as members of the Holy Family, are often depicted nimbed in the history of art. In particular, men of divine status are frequently nimbed, as Christianity was predominantly patriarchal. However, there are several cases in which women are also represented with this divine signifier. One work in which the nimbus as a signifier of matriarchal status …
Reevaluating The New Testament Text Of Didymus The Blind: An Examination Of The New Testament References In P. Byu 1,
2015
Brigham Young University - Provo
Reevaluating The New Testament Text Of Didymus The Blind: An Examination Of The New Testament References In P. Byu 1, Michael Robert Trotter
Theses and Dissertations
In 1941 a large cache of papyri preserving the writings of Origen and Didymus the Blind were discovered in Tura, Egypt. 43 years later 22 signatures from the Tura papryi containing Ps. 26:10–29:2, 36:1–3 from Didymus the Blinds' commentary on Psalms were acquired by Brigham Young University. These signatures remain unpublished at present. This paper examines Didymus' use of the New Testament in this hitherto unpublished section of his commentary and seeks to reevaluate past scholarship on the New Testament text of Didymus in light of this new data. In addition to providing an inventory of all the New Testament …
The Terrifying And The Beautiful: An Ecocritical Approach To Alexandre Hogue's Erosion Series,
2015
Brigham Young University - Provo
The Terrifying And The Beautiful: An Ecocritical Approach To Alexandre Hogue's Erosion Series, Ann K. Hartvigsen
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis explores the work of Texan painter Alexandre Hogue, and specifically how his 1930s Erosion Series, paintings of wind-ravaged farms during the Dust Bowl, promotes environmental attitudes long before America had a well developed ecological language. It analyzes the Erosion Series in the context of Hogue's personal land ethics and those of his artistic contemporaries, showing that the 1930s series strives to depict the devastation caused by both drought and aggressive farming practices. A comparison of Hogue's work to Regionalist artists like Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood reveals that Regionalists' depictions of land during the 1930s created an …
All Shall Fade: Homer's Foreshadowing Of The End Of The Heroic Age In The Iliad,
2015
Liberty University
All Shall Fade: Homer's Foreshadowing Of The End Of The Heroic Age In The Iliad, Sabrina Hardy
The Kabod
Homer's epic poems are filled with demi-gods and great heroes. However, in The Iliad, Homer undermines the triumph of these heroes by foreshadowing the end of their age and the forthcoming time of mortals. This essay examines how Achilleus' shield, Nestor's longevity, Paris' effeminate nature, and Odysseus' reliance on craftiness rather than physical prowess all indicate the rapid advance of the age of mortal men.
Sagp Newsletter 2014/15.2 Central,
2015
Binghamton University
Sagp Newsletter 2014/15.2 Central, Anthony Preus
The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Orphic Powers In J.R.R. Tolkien's Legend Of Beren And Lúthien,
2015
University of California, Davis
Orphic Powers In J.R.R. Tolkien's Legend Of Beren And Lúthien, Jane Beal Phd
Journal of Tolkien Research
In “Orphic Powers in Tolkien’s Legend of Beren and Lúthien,” I consider three interrelated strands that influenced the development of Tolkien’s most precious story: Tolkien’s own life experience, sources from classical mythology and medieval literature, and the hope inherent to the Christian faith, especially for resurrection and eternal life, as symbolized in the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price. This study suggests that Tolkien’s relationship to his wife, Edith, inspires the legend and renders it a psychological allegory. Three Ovidian tales from classical mythology that were later re-told in medieval literature also influence it: the rape of Philomela, the …
Tale Of The Whale,
2015
Liberty University
Tale Of The Whale, Joel Schlaudt
Aidenn: The Liberty Undergraduate Journal of American Literature
In his critique of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, A.N. Deacon accurately captures one of the main tenets if not the central theme of the book; however, he also makes several claims about the novel that do not seem to fit with the evidence seen in the actual story. For example, Deacon holds that Melville is attempting to show that the power and attributes of Moby Dick are the source, symbolically, of truth and meaning. However, this is not the impression we get when we look closely at the work itself and note Melville’s treatment of the subject. Furthermore, Deacon …
Accounting For Sick Days: A Scalar Approach To Health And Disease At Deir El-Medina,
2015
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Accounting For Sick Days: A Scalar Approach To Health And Disease At Deir El-Medina, Anne Austin
History Faculty Works
No abstract provided.
Reading The Civic Landscape Of Augustan Rome: Aeneid 1.421-429 And The Building Program Of Augustus,
2015
Connecticut College
Reading The Civic Landscape Of Augustan Rome: Aeneid 1.421-429 And The Building Program Of Augustus, Darryl Phillips
Classics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Failure At Fidenae: Visualization And Analysis Of The Largest Structural Disaster In The Roman World,
2015
Connecticut College
Failure At Fidenae: Visualization And Analysis Of The Largest Structural Disaster In The Roman World, Rebecca Napolitano
Physics, Astronomy and Geophysics Honors Papers
A digital reconstruction of the amphitheater at Fidenae, which collapsed in 27 A.D., was produced as a result of textual, architectural, archaeological, and engineering analysis. Primary literary sources, such as Tacitus and Suetonius, examined in conjunction with proximal archaeological evidence, allowed for the most probable seating capacity and the scale of the amphitheater to be determined. Architectural evidence of other wooden structures found on Trajan’s Column allowed for a most probable projection of a three dimensional model to be created using AutoCAD. With this most probable model determined, engineering analysis was utilized in order to understand the failure at Fidenae …
