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1. Greek Gods And Goddesses From The Early Classical Period, Sabine Schmalbeck

Art 230: Ancient Art Digital Exhibit

Greek Gods and Goddesses from the Early Classical Period

By Sabine Schmalbeck

The theme of this exhibition is Greek Gods and Goddesses from the Early Classical period. The Early Classical period, also called the Period of Transition, lasted from c. 480-450 BCE. [1] It was the transitional period between the Archaic period and the High Classical period.

Throughout the Classical period, the Greeks were interested in humanism, rationalism, and idealism.[2] The attention to detail and realism are due to their dedication to depicting accurate human bodies. In the Early Classical period, the bodies, especially the sculpted pieces, show more realistic …

1. The Male Figure In High Classical Greek Art: Striving For Perfection, Jackson Goode

Art 230: Ancient Art Digital Exhibit

The Male Figure in High Classical Greek Art: Striving for Perfection

By Jackson Goode

Ancient Greece is one of the most powerful civilizations to have ever existed, and despite being long gone, the impact of their societies are still felt even today. Over the course of a millennia, the peoples of the Peloponnese would evolve through many stages and give us the artistic ideals that still linger. The most significant of Ancient Greece’s artistic aspirations was their aim at true perfection.

Perfection is a lofty ideal, but in the art world, it is one that we run into frequently. Historically …

Bison Skull Pile

Art History Study Collection

Black and white photograph of a huge, towering pile of bison skulls to be used for fertilizer expanding in every direction. A man stands in front of the pile, resting one foot atop a bison skull, with another figure mirroring his pose from the top of the pile.

The "I" Of The Artist-Curator, Natalie Musteata

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation charts the proliferation of artist-curated exhibitions in museums and institutions of art from 1969 to the early 2010s. It is my contention that the artist-curated exhibitions of these four decades can be divided chronologically into several types: in the 1970s and ’80s, they disrupted museological conventions and helped contemporize the (perceived) aging collections of historical institutions; in the late 1980s and ’90s, they tackled pressing social and political issues, reimagining the practice of “institutional critique”; in the late 1990s and 2000s, they indulged in solipsistic investigations of the artist’s psyche, reinforcing the traditional, romantic conception of the artist …

Fashion As Freedom - The Bustle And Women Of The Late Victorian Era, Sydney Everett

The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research

In contrast to the general bias of Americans, the First- and Second-Bustle periods allowed the women of the time to find freedom through changes in the Victorian fashion. The women of the 19th century were able to achieve freedom through the bustle periods between 1867 and 1889 by gaining freedom of movement more so than through any of the other fashions, first by gaining social and economic benefit through smuggling items in their bustles and finally, through being able to remove the bustle for athletic wear. This research uses primary research sources and contemporary scholarly essays to analyze how these …

Antagonism And Relational Aesthetics, Claire Bishop

Faculty Publications and Research

A critique of relational aesthetics, as theorized by Nicolas Bourriaud, and exemplified in the work of Rirkrit Tiravanija and Liam Gillick. Using Laclau and Mouffe's theory of democracy as antagonism, the paper proposes instead a 'relational antagonism' found in certain projects by Santiago Sierra and Thomas Hirschhorn.

Constructing Helen Frankenthaler: Redefining A 'Woman' Artist Since 1960, Alexandra Alberda

Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity, Department of Art and Art History

This thesis addresses how academics, curators, and art writers in the popular press reviewed Helen Frankenthaler during her major retrospectives of 1960 (The Jewish Museum), 1969 (The Whitney Museum of American Art), and 1989 (The Museum of Modern Art). Included is an examination of how she has been written about after her death in 2012, with analysis of the changes in the language used to critique the artist and her work as influenced by the advent of feminist theory, social history, and gender theory. I examine recent exhibitions on Frankenthaler at the Gagosian Gallery, New York City, and the Albright-Knox …

Export / Import: The Promotion Of Contemporary Italian Art In The United States, 1935-1969, Raffaele Bedarida

All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects (2014-Present)

Export / Import examines the exportation of contemporary Italian art to the United States from 1935 to 1969 and how it refashioned Italian national identity in the process. I do not concentrate on the Italian art scene per se, or on the American reception of Italian shows. Through a transnational perspective, instead, I examine the role of art exhibitions, publications, and critical discourse aimed at American audiences. Inaugurated by the Fascist regime as a form of political propaganda, this form of cultural outreach to the United States continued after WWII as Italian museums, dealers, and critics aimed to vaunt the …

These Are My People: An Ethnography Of Quiltcon, Kristin Barrus

Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design: Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research

This thesis presents the first ethnography of QuiltCon, the annual fan and artist convention for quiltmakers who identify with and participate in a social phenomenon called the Modern Quilt Movement (MQM) within the 21st century quilt world. QuiltCon (QC) is one product of this movement. This study considers the following questions: What kinds of people attend QC, and what types of experiences and encounters do they expect at the convention? What needs are met at QC for this subset of quiltmakers who attend and for the greater community of Modern quiltmakers? What role does QC play in cementing the identity …

American Encounters: Art, History, And Cultural Identity, Angela Miller, Janet Berlo, Bryan Wolf, Jennifer Roberts

Books and Monographs

American Encounters provides a narrative of the history of American art that focuses on historical encounters among diverse cultures, upon broad structural transformations such as the rise of the middle classes and the emergence of consumer and mass culture, and on the fluid conversations between "high" art and vernacular expressions. The text emphasizes the intersections among cultures and populations, as well as the exchanges, borrowings, and appropriations that have enriched and vitalized our collective cultural heritage.