Going Beyond The Margins: Photographs By Ming Smith,
2024
University of New Mexico
Going Beyond The Margins: Photographs By Ming Smith, Isis A. Serna
Art & Art History ETDs
Ming Smith is a photographer who has been creating images since the early 1970s and trained with the artist collective Kamoinge Workshop. Throughout most of her career, Smith has been marginalized by art historians, critics, and museum curators. Since the early 2000s, Smith has only been included in museum exhibitions highlighting African-American female artists from 1960 to the present. Before this surge of interest in her work, the art world ignored and silenced her. However, Smith’s creative process allowed her to see and experience going beyond the struggle by being consistent in her strategy to do what she wanted on …
Increasing The Accuracy Of The Military‟S Post-Deployment Mental Health Screening Strategies,
2024
Indiana State University
Increasing The Accuracy Of The Military‟S Post-Deployment Mental Health Screening Strategies, Daniel Fass
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The author investigated the prevalence rates of mental health problems reported by college students and compared them with previously existing data on active duty, reserve, and National Guard Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans. Participants completed the mental health portion of the Post-Deployment Health Re-Assessment and an additional questionnaire in which the effect of a drug use screen was explored. Subjects were also asked about their intentions to seek mental health or substance abuse treatment and how anonymity affected their treatment seeking and reporting accuracy. Results indicate similar and at times higher rates of mental health problems in the sample of college …
With Love, ; An Interdisciplinary And Intersectional Look At Why Creativity Is Essential,
2024
Whittier College
With Love, ; An Interdisciplinary And Intersectional Look At Why Creativity Is Essential, Theo Starr Gardner
Whittier Scholars Program
My Whittier Scholars Program self-designed major, Teaching Creativity, is a mixture of Art, Literature, and Education classes. My research and praxis classes have been focused on the ‘how?’s and 'why?’s of creativity, so it felt only right that my project should be a constructivist, generative project. The project I have been working on throughout my time at Whittier, and that has just fully come to fruition on April 11th, 2024, was a solo art gallery/open mic event entitled ‘With Love,’. With Love, was conceptually inspired by the research I’ve conducted on creativity and creative arts education over the past few …
The Daily Struggle: Philip Guston And American Art In The 1930s,
2024
Washington University in St. Louis
The Daily Struggle: Philip Guston And American Art In The 1930s, Maxwell Dunbar
Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations
American art in the 1930s was shaped by questions of social relevance and utility. The crisis of the Great Depression left millions destitute, and the contradictions of capitalism were exposed for all to see. Many artists and intellectuals, despite their marginal and specialized status in American social life, recognized that there was a need to connect their work to the mass mobilization of the working class, who were organizing in the face of unprecedented poverty and misery. The culture of working-class radicalism in this period, now commonly referred to as the “Red Decade,” was the result of the rapid development …
The Question Of Design In The Context Of The First Australian Nations: Designing Reparations Through Decolonial Architecture,
2024
Kennesaw State University
The Question Of Design In The Context Of The First Australian Nations: Designing Reparations Through Decolonial Architecture, Eli Abamonte
Bachelor of Architecture Theses - 5th Year
Forget about tourist postcards and picture-perfect landscapes. Australia's true heart beats in the ancient stories of the Indigenous communities that tell them, their vibrant cultural tapestry woven beneath the surface. My research dives into this tapestry, not as an Architect with blueprints imposing my own vision, but as a student with an open ear and collaborative spirit. Australia’s vastness holds countless stories, but my research led me deep into the heart of East Arnhem Land, where ancient legends whisper in the wind and the Yolngu people dwell. Anthropologists like Bruno Descola shattered my singular view of the world, revealing a …
User Perception Of Gender Studies In Video Games,
2024
University of South Dakota
User Perception Of Gender Studies In Video Games, Quinn T. Gienapp
Honors Thesis
Alongside the increase in video game popularity, a subclass of games was formed that offer very unconventional gaming experiences. These games offer different stories that differ greatly from games made on multi-million-dollar budgets. Many of these types of games exist on the fringes of the industry and portray LGBTQ+ themes through their writing or gameplay. One of these games uses the medium of video games to process their trauma by relaying their own story. The game “He Fucked the Girl Out of Me” is an autobiographical video game that highlights the story of the Author and their experiences with …
Suspicion And The Witch’S Tit,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Suspicion And The Witch’S Tit, Shayna R. Miller
Theses and Dissertations
Shayna Miller’s paintings are built up panels with protruding points, appearing as if a mass is pushing up from behind the burlap-stretched painting surface. In Suspicion and the Witch’s Tit, Miller contextualizes her work in relation to a history of shaped painting and frames her discussion around references related to suspicion, embodiment, and rejection.
Vision, Repetition And Redemption: Envisioning Universal Salvation In A Group Of Six Carolingian Ivory Book Covers,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Vision, Repetition And Redemption: Envisioning Universal Salvation In A Group Of Six Carolingian Ivory Book Covers, Valerie Thai
Theses and Dissertations
Six Carolingian ivory plaques share almost identical imagery. This thesis focuses on the figures of Synagoga and the rising dead repeated in the compositions. As the ivories are Gospel covers used in Mass, this study demonstrates how these motifs appeal to the congregation, conveying the Christian tenet of universal salvation.
The Defense And Propagation Of A Doctrine In New Spain: Images Of The Virgin Of The Immaculate Conception In Franciscan Religious Establishments, 1550–1700,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
The Defense And Propagation Of A Doctrine In New Spain: Images Of The Virgin Of The Immaculate Conception In Franciscan Religious Establishments, 1550–1700, Jocelyn Mosquera
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines how the Franciscan Order utilized art in their religious establishments in New Spain to propagate the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. By doing so, the Franciscans further established themselves as the defenders of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception.
The Body Of God: The Experience Of Eleventh Century Churches In France,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
The Body Of God: The Experience Of Eleventh Century Churches In France, Henry B. Piper
Theses and Dissertations
In its history, philosophy and art, 11th century France is a distinct historical period and speaks in a distinctive voice that still murmurs in its churches. I seek to occupy this period, as we occupy a church, through immersion in its spirit and thought, which still resound in its stones.
"This Unshakable Dandy": The Life And Work Of Heinrich Maria Davringhausen (1894–1970),
2024
CUNY Hunter College
"This Unshakable Dandy": The Life And Work Of Heinrich Maria Davringhausen (1894–1970), Jacob M. Robinson
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is a monographic study of Heinrich Maria Davringhausen (1894–1970), an artist best-known for his contributions to the art of interwar Germany—and the political and historical contexts of his time. It examines his pre-1918 emergence as an avant-garde artist, asserts a more prominent place for his role in the development of German Post-Expressionism (commonly known as Neue Sachlichkeit or Magic Realism), and broadly overviews the increasingly abstract paintings he produced after fleeing Germany in early 1933, eventually settling in the South of France as Henri Davring.
Édouard Manet’S Defense Of Modernity: Recontextualizing The Cat In Olympia,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Édouard Manet’S Defense Of Modernity: Recontextualizing The Cat In Olympia, Rebecca Schiffman
Theses and Dissertations
The black cat in Édouard Manet’s seminal painting, Olympia, has often been relegated as a crude joke or symbol of reprehensible sexuality. This thesis argues that the cat plays a larger role in Manet’s representation of modernism, and functioned as a defense mechanism by the artist against his critics.
A Biography And Case Study On Marthe Wéry Her Ceaseless Exploration Of The Components Of Painting: Tracing Journeys In The Artist’S Life And Work,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
A Biography And Case Study On Marthe Wéry Her Ceaseless Exploration Of The Components Of Painting: Tracing Journeys In The Artist’S Life And Work, Sarah Grace Jones
Theses and Dissertations
My thesis investigates Belgian artist Marthe Wéry’s oeuvre, determines art-historical contexts for her paintings, and examines the many milestones that exemplify her work. Her monochromatic paintings, radical experiments with paint, empirical way of thinking, and exploration of architecture defend her robust career and demand involvement in today’s art historical conversation.
The Great Synthesizer: Yuji Agematsu’S Map Works, Rare Objects And Affinities To Fluxus,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
The Great Synthesizer: Yuji Agematsu’S Map Works, Rare Objects And Affinities To Fluxus, Renāte Lagzdiņa
Theses and Dissertations
The thesis examines Yuji Agematsu’s artistic practice offering novel lens through which to explore artist’s oeuvre and employed methodologies. It delves into Agematsu’s map works, strategies for collecting the debris of the city, and researches his potential affinities to Fluxus movement.
“Liberté, Égalité, Sororité”: The Revolutionary All-Female Studio Of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
“Liberté, Égalité, Sororité”: The Revolutionary All-Female Studio Of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Julia Oxman
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis offers the first in-depth exploration of French portraitist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s all-female studio. It argues that her efforts toward expanding access to women’s arts education played a key role in the foundation of a larger movement for gender equality in the wake of the French Revolution.
A Taste For The Distasteful: The Aesthetics Of Gore In The Giallo And Horror Films Of Mario Bava,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
A Taste For The Distasteful: The Aesthetics Of Gore In The Giallo And Horror Films Of Mario Bava, Thais Casado Bignardi-Engstrom
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis analyzes the Italian experience with horror in cinema in both psychoanalytic feminist and cognitive Marxist critical film theories through a study of visual renderings of excessive violence and sex in gothic and thrillers known as giallo films created by the film director Mario Bava. This is an art historical study that looks at Bava’s work against the Italian cultural landscape in the post war period.
Aguaaaa!!!,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Aguaaaa!!!, Cory Villegas
Theses and Dissertations
“AGUA” is a call for new models of learning and sharing, celebrating the diasporic as a place of global revolution. Salsa, rooted in Latin American and Afro-Caribbean histories, is choreographer Cory Villegas’s expression of cultural legacy. As an Afro-diasporic dance, Salsa carries the wealth and variety of African and Indigenous roots. Villegas contextualizes her thesis event “Las Leyendas: An Afro Cuban Suite,” presenting herself and her troupe Soul Dance Co. as evidence that contradicts the erasure of Latin & Caribbean Culture in US dance history. The paper uses English and Spanish, written, visual, and oral materials with an accompanying webpage.
Changing The Narrative: Athinai, An Illustrated Periodical For Modern Greece, 1934–35,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Changing The Narrative: Athinai, An Illustrated Periodical For Modern Greece, 1934–35, Julie Fry
Theses and Dissertations
Athinai provided a Greek counterpart to European popular magazines of the interwar period. The integration of hand-drawn illustration with photographic imagery, collage, and multicolor printing yielded its distinctive visual language. Athinai portrayed changes in the daily life of modern Athens, attitudes to the body, and the role of women.
Papering Over Colonial Legacies: Chinoiserie, Chinese Wallpaper, And Exotic Obfuscation At Harewood House,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Papering Over Colonial Legacies: Chinoiserie, Chinese Wallpaper, And Exotic Obfuscation At Harewood House, Carolyn J. Bishop
Theses and Dissertations
Harewood House is an estate emblematic of eighteenth-century evolutions in aesthetic philosophy, capital flows and social dynamics in the British empire. Built by the Lascelles family, it embraces an eclectic neoclassical decorative style that includes chinoiserie. This thesis argues that this exoticizing decorative strategy, and particularly its Chinese wallpaper – as both fine art and consumer good – translated the Lascelles' fortune, amassed through colonial exploits in the Caribbean, into advancement through domestic British hierarchies.
Mourning Before Death: Ferdinand Hodler And Valentine Godé-Darel,
2024
CUNY Hunter College
Mourning Before Death: Ferdinand Hodler And Valentine Godé-Darel, Nicolas Dowling
Theses and Dissertations
“Mourning Before Death” explores Ferdinand Hodler's (1853-1918) artistic relationship with death and grief culminating in an examination of his series of paintings and drawings depicting the slow death of his mistress, Valentine Godé-Darel. This thesis primarily utilizes the theories of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross as a framework for understanding Hodler’s work.
