Velvet And Patronage: The Origin And Historical Background Of Ottoman And Italian Velvets,
2016
Turkish Cultural Foundation
Velvet And Patronage: The Origin And Historical Background Of Ottoman And Italian Velvets, Sumiyo Okumura Dr.
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
Velvets are one of the most luxurious textile materials and were frequently used in furnishings and costumes in the Middle East, Europe and Asia in the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries. Owing to many valuable studies on Ottoman and Italian velvets as well as Chinese and Byzantine velvets, we have learned the techniques and designs of velvet weaves, and how they were consumed. However, it is not well-known where and when velvets were started to be woven. The study will shed light on this question and focus on the origin, the historical background and development of velvet weaving, examining historical sources …
Non-Specific: Ubiquity, Invisible Labor And The Moving Blanket,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Non-Specific: Ubiquity, Invisible Labor And The Moving Blanket, Callen Zimmerman
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
“A textile is not simply a binary system of spun, twisted or spliced fibres, but first and foremost a result of complex interactions between resources, technology and society.” Eva Anderson Strand The crash of metal on asphalt as the back of a truck lowers its lift, a grunt of exertion, a buoyant step on the platform, the shuffling of work boots in calculated motion, the crumbled sigh of fabric folding falling on itself. This observed situation is typical to the daily ins and outs of the moving blanket, a complicated dance to aid objects of importance in transit. Even if …
From Function To Fashion To A Contemporary Art Process, Journey’S Within A Fisherman’S Rib Jumper,
2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
From Function To Fashion To A Contemporary Art Process, Journey’S Within A Fisherman’S Rib Jumper, Christine Wiltshier
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
This paper investigates a number of journeys discovered within a fisherman’s rib jumper. The thread of each journey was unravelled whilst considering the notion, Could a process of unmaking become a form of making. This question framed a process lead studio research that centred on haptic experimentation. The vehicle chosen to investigate this question was that of the unravelling of a knitted garment. Along side a studio investigation, a number of threads were followed that connect a 1980’s fashion garment with historic coastal fishing economies in the United Kingdom. Connections were also unravelled between the machine construction of the garment …
Sumptuary Synergy: British Imperialism Through The Tartan And Slave Trades,
2016
University of Minnesota
Sumptuary Synergy: British Imperialism Through The Tartan And Slave Trades, David Loranger, Eulanda A. Sanders
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
Sumptuary laws have been a useful tool for various national powers in regulating subjects and to promote class differentiation and business interests. The genesis of this study was one such law, entitled the South Carolina Negro Act of 1735, stipulating that slave garments could only be made of low-quality textiles. These fabrics were reflective of slaves living in chattel environments, thus also representing a slave’s status in society. This law forbade slaves from wearing “any sort of garment or apparel whatsoever, finer, other or of greater value than Negro cloth, duffels, coarse kerseys, osnabrigs, blue linen, check linen, or coarse …
Veiled In Ignorance And Clothed In Reason: Jimmie Durham’S 2014 Exhibition Traces And Shiny Evidence,
2016
Clemson University
Veiled In Ignorance And Clothed In Reason: Jimmie Durham’S 2014 Exhibition Traces And Shiny Evidence, Andrea Feeser
Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings
In the 2014 London exhibition “Traces and Shiny Evidence,” Jimmie Durham showed on one floor brightly colored oil barrels, car parts, pcv pipes, and reproduction animal skeletons covered with or leaking ooze that shimmered with rainbow hues. On a floor one level up, Durham exhibited wall size drawing-prints he made by throwing stuffed animals coated with charcoal at very large pieces of paper. In the video that recorded Durham making the drawing-prints, the artist wears a workman’s vest labeled “Steiner. Maison de la Paix.” A video that is featured in the exhibition itself shows Durham in a business suit seated …
Mass Effect: Art And The Internet In The Twenty-First Century,
2016
University of Northern Iowa
Mass Effect: Art And The Internet In The Twenty-First Century, Elizabeth Sutton
Art Inquiries
Book review of Mass Effect: Art and the Internet in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Lauren Cornell and Ed Halter.
Back Matter,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Interview With Duane Paxson,
2016
LaGrange College
The Last Laugh: Selections From Michael Aurbach’S Secrecy Series,
2016
LaGrange College
The Last Laugh: Selections From Michael Aurbach’S Secrecy Series, Dorothy Joiner
Art Inquiries
No abstract provided.
Picture Titles: How And Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names,
2016
John Tyler Community College
Picture Titles: How And Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names, Colleen Truax Yarger
Art Inquiries
Book review of Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names, by Ruth Bernard Yeazell.
Beyond The Single Story: How Analog Hypertext Facilitates Representation Of Multiple Critical Perspectives In An Art Museum Object Study Gallery,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Beyond The Single Story: How Analog Hypertext Facilitates Representation Of Multiple Critical Perspectives In An Art Museum Object Study Gallery, Aimee D. Hunt
Theses and Dissertations
This project utilized a form of arts based educational research described as analog hypertext to develop interpretative material representing multiple critical, theoretical, and disciplinary perspectives on objects in a university art museum’s object study gallery. Drawing on scholars’ recommendations for postcolonial interpretation of non-Western art, the project created a web of information, which simultaneously revealed and critiqued the underlying ideologies and power structures shaping the museum’s display in an effort to change existing interpretive practice. The project developed five color-coded thematic self-guided tours—art as commodity, spiritual practice, technology and cultural evolutionism, mortuary rituals, and postcolonial perspectives—presented to the public as …
Antithetical Commentaries On X, Y And The Disruption Of Being,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Antithetical Commentaries On X, Y And The Disruption Of Being, Eva Rocha
Theses and Dissertations
Through discursive essays and poetic narrative, Antithetical Commentaries on X, Y and the Disruption of Being explores the tenuous relationship between modes of measurement and the struggle for human relevance in the post-contemporary digital age. In the introductory essay, “Not the Feather, but the Bird”, I give an overview of the inherent problems of object-oriented ontology, and how it relates to aesthetics and social issues of our times. In the Developmental Overview, I detail how I developed my installation approach and techniques, particularly with regard to the three-way dynamic of the artist:work:viewer relationship and how it can encourage …
In Search Of Heterotopia: Immersive Experiences In The Museum,
2016
Central Washington University
In Search Of Heterotopia: Immersive Experiences In The Museum, Nicolas Crosby
All Master's Theses
Museums everywhere are waging battle to find ways to attract new audience members. In this thesis I draw upon participant observation, interviews, and event planning in order to examine how museums create heterotopic, interactive immersive experiences. I focus on the work of two Seattle-area museums, and a gallery and a museum in Ellensburg. The Entertainment, Music, and Popular Culture museum (EMP), the Nordic Heritage Museum (NHM), and the Museum of Culture and Environment (MCE) developed opportunities for visitors to engage with museum-created heterotopic events. I approach this analysis through a theoretical framework that emphasizes structure and agency. On one hand, …
Everyday Farm Life In The Moxee Valley 1915-1950: Historical Ethnography,
2016
Central Washington University
Everyday Farm Life In The Moxee Valley 1915-1950: Historical Ethnography, Terri Towner
All Master's Theses
This study collected oral histories of those who lived or worked in the Moxee Valley, within the greater Yakima Valley of Washington State from 1915-1950. It documents and records the historical and cultural processes of farm life and its evolution for people living in this foremost hop-growing region of the United States. The larger goal is to characterize the community and social processes for use as primary source documentation to create historically accurate programs at the Gendron Hop Ranch-Living History Farm near Moxee. Nineteen participants were interviewed. Topics addressed in the study include farming in the Valley, the household, roles …
Funerary Traditions And Commemorative Practices In Glasnevin Cemetery And Museum,
2016
Technological University Dublin
Funerary Traditions And Commemorative Practices In Glasnevin Cemetery And Museum, Siobhan Doyle
Other
From Audubon To Warhol: The Art Of American Still Life,
2016
City University of New York
From Audubon To Warhol: The Art Of American Still Life, Stephanie Huber
Art Inquiries
No abstract provided.
Drawing In Silver And Gold: Leonardo To Jasper Johns,
2016
University of California, Santa Barbara
Drawing In Silver And Gold: Leonardo To Jasper Johns, Sophia Quach Mccabe
Art Inquiries
No abstract provided.
David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape And The Apocalyptic Sublime,
2016
University of Montevallo
David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape And The Apocalyptic Sublime, Kelly Wacker
Art Inquiries
No abstract provided.
Art Inquiries, Xvii:1, Full Issue,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
The Role Of Amache Family Objects In The Japanese American Internment Experience: Examined Through Object Biography And Object Agency,
2016
University of Denver
The Role Of Amache Family Objects In The Japanese American Internment Experience: Examined Through Object Biography And Object Agency, Rebecca Michele Cruz
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This project investigates the meaning of Japanese American families' personal possessions associated with internment through the concepts of object biography and object agency. It uses material culture analysis to help anthropologists understand the Japanese American internment experience, specifically through a case study at Amache, the Japanese American internment camp in southeastern Colorado. Five semi-structured phone interviews, and one structured email interview, are the primary data used to explore the importance of material culture associated with the site and to help preserve the cultural heritage of Amache. Object agency and object biography are key components of the new material culture theory. …
