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An Investigation Of The Design And Execution Of Large Scale Studio Paintings, Dennis Morgan

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The Nude, Catharine Monoki Di Lella

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Sequential Imagery, Richard Elliott

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The Development Of Creative Self-Expression: A Right Hemispheric Approach, Valerie Rope

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Valerie Rope’s 1978 thesis, The Development of Creative Self-Expression: A Right-Hemispheric Approach, explores how engaging the brain’s right hemisphere fosters creativity and emotional well-being. Rooted in humanistic psychology, the study examines the dichotomous functions of the brain’s hemispheres—where the left hemisphere processes analytical and verbal tasks, and the right hemisphere governs intuition, spatial awareness, and artistic expression.

Rope details how early childhood experiences shape creative development, emphasizing that many individuals experience creative blocks due to left-brain dominance reinforced by traditional education. She presents a right-hemispheric approach to drawing and painting that helps individuals overcome these barriers. Techniques such as …

Characteristics Of Thermoplastic Sensitivity Due To Thickness, Jeffrey Fleisher

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Thermoplastic, as a relief image recording material, has several advantageous characteristics. All processing is dry, development is almost instantaneous and in situ, and the recorded image can be erased and reused. Theoretical studies have shown that the amount of relief image formed in a thermoplastic is a function of the thermoplastic thickness and frequency of input exposure. This thesis shows that this relationship is valid under a number of physical restraints. Results indicate that there is a thickness to input-signal-modulation interaction within the thermoplastic. With variable frequency sinusoids as the input, the physical structure of the relief fringes formed is …

Superstructures In Wood A Sculptural Application Of Woodworking Techniques, Christopher Weiland

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Dumb Pictures: An Exploration, Richard Margolis

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The Investigation Of Metameric Grays For The Testing Of Spectral Changes In The D5000 Standard Illuminant, Chun-Fai Alexander Wat

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Very often, different results are obtained when colored originals and/or reproductions under different so-called standard light sources are evaluated. A possible explanation for the different results is that not all admissible standard sources have the same spectral power distribution, either due to differences in manufacturing or due to aging. A possible solution to the problem would be to determine how the spectral power distribution of a given illuminant differs from the standard (D5000) distribution by visually comparing suitable metameric grays with a stable non-selective gray under the illuminant in question. This comparison would serve as a quick and inexpensive way …

A Printmaker's Interpretations In Mystery And Fantasy, Lois Shaffer

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An Investigation Into The Interactions Of Certain Visual Attributes Of A Four-Color Reproduction Produced On A Sheet-Fed Offset Lithographic Printing Press, Daniel Lake

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The development of a closed loop press control system has been the goal of many press manufacturers in recent years. These closed loop systems are designed to collect data from sample press sheets by measuring certain process variables which are considered to be indicators of press control. The theory is that by controlling the variation of these indicator variables, it is possible to control the color variation of the halftone overprints of the reproduction. The problem in the design of these automatic control systems, however, concerns which process variables should be considered indicators of press control. This study was undertaken …

Concept I: A Guide To Primary Mathematics: A Visual Design Problem, Kenneth Delor

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The Mental Health Needs Of The Moderately Mentally Retarded Individual And The Family, Carol Ann Baglin

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The general setting for this study was a typical special education site serving the severely handicapped in Los Angeles County, between the ages of three to twenty-one. The discussions refer to those individuals whose psychological evaluations , using the Stanford- Binet Intelligence Scale , the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised, or the Leiter International Intelligence Scale, place them within the range of the moderately retarded and cause them to warrant an educational setting that serves such individuals. The families reside in Los Angeles County and generally fall within the lower to middle economic strata , with approximately 55% qualifying …

The Heritage Arts Project: A Bridge Between Generations, Roz Flax

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The Affective Meaning Of Color, Henrietta N. Senecal

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Henrietta N. Senecal’s The Affective Meaning of Color explores how individuals emotionally respond to color, emphasizing the personal and psychological significance of color perception. Drawing from psychological, physiological, and cultural theories, the thesis critiques standardized color interpretation systems—such as those by Luscher and Don—and argues that affective color meaning varies greatly between individuals. Senecal supports this claim with an informal community survey, where participants matched colors to emotion-laden words. Results revealed both common associations (e.g., red with anger or love, black with death) and significant variation, reinforcing the idea that color interpretation is deeply personal and often shaped by context, …

Closet Woman: A Study Of Societal Changes, The Infantalized Woman And The Ways In Which Psychotherapy Can Effect Change, Alice Beck Simmons

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This 1978 Master’s thesis by Alice Beck Simmons investigates the psychological phenomenon of the "infantilized woman" within the context of middle-class American society. The study posits that traditional cultural attitudes toward marriage, family, and sexuality systematically repress female potential, resulting in women who mature physically but remain emotionally dependent and child-like. The author defines "infantilization" as a condition characterized by low self-esteem, a lack of personal identity, and an inability to function or make decisions without relying on another person.

The paper traces the origins of this condition through developmental stages, arguing that parental reinforcement of dependency and the repression …

The Use Of Fourier Analyzed Square Waves In The Determination Of The Modulation Transfer Function Of Photographic Materials, David Moffett, John Stanton

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Fourier analysis and a computer were used to generate the Fourier series and coefficients for the transmission distribution of a square wave target and the effective exposure produced on Kodak Plus-X film. This was performed in an effort to find a workable alternative to the proposed American National Standards Institute (ANSI) method for the determination of the photographic modulation transfer function. The results showed that the square wave method generated a curve with the same general trend as the conventional ANSI method. The Fourier analyzed square wave method had a greater degree of variability than did the standard method. The …

Rya Wall Hangings: Creation And Flame Retardation, Shelley Matthews

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The Determination Of Line Spread Functions For Unconventional Photographic Emulsions, Peter Jann

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System mean normalized line spread functions with 90% confidence limits were determined for four emulsions. These emulsions or film materials were Kodak Panatomic-X, H & W Control type #77 , 3M #7842 dry silver , and Xidex DMCF diazo. The method of edge gradient analysis was employed with replication of n = 3. Microdensitometer degradation was not eliminated from these system mean normalized line spread functions. Microdensitometer mean MTFs with 90% confidence limits were determined for different types and/or modes of instrument operation with replication of n = 2. Due to a lack of precision in the determination of the …

Inner City Sanctuary: The History And Theology Of Rochester's Black Jews, Ira Srole

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Fatigue Stress Analysis, William Nowak

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Psychical Distance In Photography, Hildred Scott

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Effect Of Stabilizers On Sulfur Sensitization, Anthony Gingello, Gladys Macintyre

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It has been repeatedly suggested that chemical sensitization by sulfur compounds depends not only on the formation of silver sulfide, but on its rearrangement on the grain surface to form sensitivity centers. The most direct evidence for this is that there is no sensitization on addition of soluble sulfide to the emulsion which forms silver sulfide, but, on heating the emulsion with the sulfide for a longer time and a higher temperature than those used for thiosulfate sensitization, equivalent sensitization can be obtained. Stabilizers such as 6-methyl-4-hydroxy-l,3,3a,7-tetraazaindene (TAI) , which stop photographic sensitization, do not stop the chemical reaction of …

Production Of A Micro-Scale Linear Density Wedge, Lawrence Mattison, Roger Triplett

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In the evaluation of conventional photographic imaging systems the non-linearity of the macroscopic curve can easily be dealt with by examining the "effective exposure" rather than expressing the density or transmittance. Dealing with the nonlinearities on a microscopic level, however, is very difficult since they result from development adjacency effects. A tool was made using a "V-shaped" groove design by G.W. Schumann which consists of a series of microscopic linear density wedges. The density wedges were made by filling V-cut grooves in a high quality acrylic plastic with a carbon-epoxy dispersion. The density wedges have been produced at the frequencies …

My Snapshots, Arnold Sorvari

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An Evaluation Of The Sherwood S-12 System For Use With The Sma 12/60, Thomas Kankoski

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Characterization Of A Contact Screen System As Used In The Graphic Arts, Arthur Kliman

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Fractional image areas based on measured transmittance distributions of contact screens having screen frequencies of 50 - 150 lines/inch* (1.95 - 4.66 cycles/mm) are compared to measured fractional image areas produced on lithographic film using the same contact screens. The Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) of the lithographic film is calculated for spatial frequency inputs of 1.95 - 12.00 cycles/mm. Based on these experiments, a mathematical model was developed to describe how the fractional image area of a halftone is dependent on spatial frequency of the contact screen, predicted fractional image area based on the screen ' s transmittance distribution, and …

Christian Art In The Twentieth Century, Jane Fretz

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A Sense Of Self, Diane Brawarsky

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Color Photographs, Kathleen Collins

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A Production Of Discharge Prints Created With Tie-Dye/Stencilling And Their Photographic Comparisons, Paxton Sholademi Aremu

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