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Leonardo Da Vinci’S Last Supper, 1495-1498, La Salle University

Leonardo Da Vinci’S Last Supper, 1495-1498

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Blue Waffle, Ursinus College

Blue Waffle

Myrin Library Student Art Collection

Plaster sculpture of a human head, measuring 25x38x16 cm.

Purchased from the Ursinus College Student Art Exhibition for the permanent Library collection.

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Flower Symbolism As Female Sexual Metaphor, Andrea Frownfelter Eastern Michigan University

Flower Symbolism As Female Sexual Metaphor, Andrea Frownfelter

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

The watercolor paintings that I created from September 2009 to March 2010 use flowers as metaphorical subject matter to address issues and emotions associated with the topic of female sexuality. My goal was to use the long-standing tradition of flowers as symbols of female genitalia (which will be thoroughly explained in part two of this thesis) to allude to my personal attitudes, experiences, observations, and worries in a manner that would be easier for me to express and less abrasive for my audience to accept. Creating these watercolors was certainly therapeutic for me; I hope that other women who have …

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‘White Power Milk’: Milk, Dietary Racism, And The ‘Alt-Right’, Vasile Stănescu Mercer University

‘White Power Milk’: Milk, Dietary Racism, And The ‘Alt-Right’, Vasile Stănescu

Animal Studies Journal

This article analyzes why milk has been chosen as a symbol of racial purity by the ‘alt-right’. Specifically, this article argues the alt-right's current use of claims about milk, lactose tolerance, race, and masculinity can be connected to similar arguments originally made during the19th century against colonialized populations and immigration groups. In the 19th century, colonizing populations classified colonized populations as ‘effeminate corn and rice eaters’ because of their supposed lack of consumption of meat and dairy. This article argues that a similar practice continues today. It also argues that there is a relationship between the dietary racism ideas popularized …

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The Evolving Role Of The Exhibition And Its Impact On Art And Culture, Anna C. Cline Trinity College

The Evolving Role Of The Exhibition And Its Impact On Art And Culture, Anna C. Cline

Senior Theses and Projects

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Unmasking The Mouse: Cultural Appropriation In Disney Films, Rebecca Domas Kutztown University

Unmasking The Mouse: Cultural Appropriation In Disney Films, Rebecca Domas

Honors Student Research

The artworld has largely revolved around traditional institutions like museums for centuries, however with the age of technology quickly evolving new artforms have risen to challenge these traditional spaces. Large corporations like The Walt Disney Company, have revolutionized the world of art and have become a prominent voice in representing cultures to a large population of the public. The two forces may be comparably different on the surface; however both are going through a progressive change as they enter the discussion of inclusive representation and accusations of cultural appropriation. The act of cultural appropriation concerns the negatively generated adaptations of …

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The Effect Of Richard Wagner's Music And Beliefs On Hitler's Ideology, Carolyn S. Ticker Cedarville University

The Effect Of Richard Wagner's Music And Beliefs On Hitler's Ideology, Carolyn S. Ticker

Musical Offerings

The Holocaust will always be remembered as one of the most horrific and evil events in all of history. One question that has been so pervasive in regards to this historical event is the question of why. Why exactly did Hitler massacre the Jewish people? Why did he come to the conclusion that the Jews were somehow lesser than him, and that it was okay to kill them? What and who were his influences and how did they help form Hitler’s opinions leading up to the Holocaust? Although more than one situation or person influenced Hitler, I believe that one …

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Art And Symbolism: The Technique Of Applying Hidden Meaning And Communicating Specific Ideas Through Art, Andrea C. MacBean Liberty University

Art And Symbolism: The Technique Of Applying Hidden Meaning And Communicating Specific Ideas Through Art, Andrea C. Macbean

Senior Honors Theses

Symbolism is an artistic style frequently used in the arts. Through the course of art history, it was its own artistic movement as well. The incorporation of specific symbols, shapes, colors, or identifiable images communicates to the viewer an intended message or statement. Frequently, symbolism appears to be hidden or initially unperceived by the intended audience. In some works, symbolism is so abstract that it needs explanation or clarification to be understood completely by the viewer. This thesis will analyze a few techniques of symbolism that can be incorporated in a work of art to communicate truth, entice thought, point …

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Music In The Third Reich, DeLora J. Neuschwander Cedarville University

Music In The Third Reich, Delora J. Neuschwander

Musical Offerings

Music played a prominent role in the rise of Nazi culture in Germany and was used extensively in propaganda and indoctrination of the entire country; the Nazi party brought music and politics together and sought to shape their ideal culture by elevating their ideas of pure music to the highest status and outlawing what they defined as inferior. This study addresses Hitler’s specific views on music and explores several of the factors and individuals that contributed to his views. His views were directly inferred into the core of the Nazi party. Hitler himself was an artist and felt that art …

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Episode 8: The Arts Of A Pandemic, College of DuPage

Episode 8: The Arts Of A Pandemic

Global Chats: COVID-19 Focus Videos

Julia interviews Connie Canaday Howard, Professor of Theater, and Lee Kesselman, Professor of Music, to discuss the relevance of arts and COVID-19’s impact on them.

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Giftedness In Dance: Equitable Audition Procedures & Program Development, Lauren Case 2023 Western Kentucky University

Giftedness In Dance: Equitable Audition Procedures & Program Development, Lauren Case

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study explored the perspectives of dance specialists and gifted and talented resource teachers in a large school district in the southeastern region of the United States. Six educators who teach dance, work in auditioning and identification of gifted and talented dancers, and provide service options for gifted and talented identified dance students were interviewed in this qualitative study which focused on best practices in gifted and talented dance identification. Dance specialists’ perspectives of audition structures and characteristics of dance giftedness were examined. Three themes emerged from interviewees in this field of education: audition structures, opportunities and access of dance …

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Playing To Play: A Critical Analysis Of Masaaki Yuasa's Ping Pong: The Animation., W. Ranse Gale 2023 Brigham Young University

Playing To Play: A Critical Analysis Of Masaaki Yuasa's Ping Pong: The Animation., W. Ranse Gale

Theses and Dissertations

Masaaki Yuasa's 2014 series Ping Pong: The Animation approaches the ideas of play, competition, and victory in unique ways, especially when compared to other series in the sports anime genre. Through the protagonist Smile, Yuasa encourages viewers to engage with play in a childlike, empathetic and naïve way, as opposed to focusing on victory. By analyzing the series using De Koven's ways to approach play, scholars and fans can better understand the variety of ways in which the characters approach play, and how each of them eventually learns to play well. Analyzing this series through the perspective of metamodernism as …

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Creatività Diasporiche Dialoghi Transnazionali Tra Teoria E Arti, Simone Brioni Dr., Loredana Polezzi Dr., Franca Sinopoli 2023 SUNY Stony Brook

Creatività Diasporiche Dialoghi Transnazionali Tra Teoria E Arti, Simone Brioni Dr., Loredana Polezzi Dr., Franca Sinopoli

Department of English Faculty Publications

Creatività diasporiche è un volume bilingue costituito da tredici conversazioni tra studiosi/studiose di materie umanistiche e artisti/artiste il cui lavoro si concentra sul tema della migrazione e dell’identità. I contributi nella raccolta abbracciano forme di produzione che vanno dalla letteratura alle arti visive, dal cinema alla performance teatrale, dai podcast alla musica rap, mentre tra le tematiche ricorrenti emergono dibattiti su identità, lingua, migrazione, memoria e cittadinanza. Questo volume è anche un invito a ripensare il lavoro creativo e quello accademico, in area umanistica, come intrinsecamente legati al dialogo e alla collaborazione. Ciascuna conversazione si concentra sull’Italia intesa come un …

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A "Rock To Lean On": Young Singers' Experiences In A Community Choir In Louisiana, Yulene Velásquez 2023 Louisiana State University

A "Rock To Lean On": Young Singers' Experiences In A Community Choir In Louisiana, Yulene Velásquez

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this intrinsic case study was to investigate young singers’ experiences in the Livingston Parish Children’s Choirs organization (LPCC), a community-based children’s choir program in Denham Springs, Louisiana. I investigated the impact of those experiences on the children’s lives inside and outside of the ensemble from the perspective of the artistic director and co-director, parents, and the singers themselves.

The LPCC was founded in 1991 by Barbara Walker and her mother, Regina Walker. According to Barbara Walker, the mission of the organization is “to prepare children to go out and be lifelong singers.” This choral community is characterized …

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Dancers Of The Book: Yemenite, Persian, And Kurdish Jewish Dance, Quinn Bicer 2023 Portland State University

Dancers Of The Book: Yemenite, Persian, And Kurdish Jewish Dance, Quinn Bicer

Anthós

Despite the cultural significance of dance in Jewish communities around the world, research into Middle Eastern Jewish dance outside of the modern nation-state of Israel is sorely under-researched. This article aims to help rectify this by focusing on Yemenite, Persian/Iranian, and Kurdish Jewish dance and explores how these dancers have functioned and been received within the societies they have been a part of. The methods that have gone into this article are a combination of analyzing primary source recorded dances and existing secondary source research into the dance of these communities. Through these methods, this article reveals how Yemenite, Iranian, …

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Each Other's Nerves/Pile Of Flesh/Fuse, Emily Clancey 2023 Furman University

Each Other's Nerves/Pile Of Flesh/Fuse, Emily Clancey

The Echo

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After Little Women, To Amy March, Alex Aradas 2023 Furman University

After Little Women, To Amy March, Alex Aradas

The Echo

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Something Beautiful Is Going To Happen, Eric Neumann 2023 Furman University

Something Beautiful Is Going To Happen, Eric Neumann

The Echo

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My Sister, Caroline Prewitt 2023 Furman University

My Sister, Caroline Prewitt

The Echo

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Winter Begin-Ter, Kayla Burrell 2023 Furman University

Winter Begin-Ter, Kayla Burrell

The Echo

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Pocket Change, Emily Clancey 2023 Furman University

Pocket Change, Emily Clancey

The Echo

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Catch, Gabriella Williams 2023 Furman University

Catch, Gabriella Williams

The Echo

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Good Girls, Bad Girls, Macy Petty 2023 Furman University

Good Girls, Bad Girls, Macy Petty

The Echo

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Cloudfall, Gabriella Williams 2023 Furman University

Cloudfall, Gabriella Williams

The Echo

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Cries From The Tall Grass, Gabriella Williams 2023 Furman University

Cries From The Tall Grass, Gabriella Williams

The Echo

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For The Girl Who Had A Snake In Her Apartment Last Night, Alice Tyszka 2023 Furman University

For The Girl Who Had A Snake In Her Apartment Last Night, Alice Tyszka

The Echo

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Setae, Gabriella Williams 2023 Furman University

Setae, Gabriella Williams

The Echo

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Motherhood, Laura Dame 2023 Furman University

Motherhood, Laura Dame

The Echo

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Trees That Burn At Night, Kayla Burrell 2023 Furman University

Trees That Burn At Night, Kayla Burrell

The Echo

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Linear Reflections, Anna Timbes 2023 Furman University

Linear Reflections, Anna Timbes

The Echo

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