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Review: The Shape Of Power: Stories Of Race And American Sculpture, Jiaying (Gloria) Dai Jan 2025

Review: The Shape Of Power: Stories Of Race And American Sculpture, Jiaying (Gloria) Dai

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The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture, co-curated by Karen Lemmey,

Tobias Wofford, and Grace Yasumura, ambitiously asked: How does American sculpture

intersect with the history of race in the United States?1 Positioning itself as the first major survey

exhibition of American sculpture in decades, this exhibition featured 82 sculptures created by 70

artists spanning from 1792 to 2023.


Speculations On Brunelleschi’S Pazzi Chapel, Howard A. Risatti Professor Emeritus, Donald Schrader Dec 2024

Speculations On Brunelleschi’S Pazzi Chapel, Howard A. Risatti Professor Emeritus, Donald Schrader

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Why speculate on Filippo Brunelleschi’s Pazzi Chapel? As Giorgio Vasari wrote, many of Brunelleschi’s projects were not finished in his lifetime and not as he wished. The lesson to be drawn, says Vasari, who was writing a century after Brunelleschi’s death, is that “anyone who wishes to leave a memorial of his existence should complete it in his own lifetime and not put faith in anyone else.” Since Brunelleschi died well before the chapel was completed, issues have been raised for over a century about its inconsistencies regarding the open loggia, the barrel-vaulted portico, and the façade. This paper addresses …


Art Inquiries, Xix:1, Front Matter, Mysoon Rizk Dec 2024

Art Inquiries, Xix:1, Front Matter, Mysoon Rizk

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No abstract provided.


The Shape Of Time: Korean Art After 1989, Saehim Park Dec 2024

The Shape Of Time: Korean Art After 1989, Saehim Park

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No abstract provided.


An Interview With Sharon Lee Hart, Mysoon Rizk, Sharon Lee Hart Dec 2024

An Interview With Sharon Lee Hart, Mysoon Rizk, Sharon Lee Hart

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No abstract provided.


Spirit And Invention: Drawings By Giambattista And Domenico Tiepolo, Roberto G. Peredo Dec 2024

Spirit And Invention: Drawings By Giambattista And Domenico Tiepolo, Roberto G. Peredo

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No abstract provided.


Black Artists In America: From Civil Rights To The Bicentennial, Mallory Sharp Dec 2024

Black Artists In America: From Civil Rights To The Bicentennial, Mallory Sharp

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No abstract provided.


Corsets Off. Camille Claudel And Polish Women Sculptors Of The 19th Century, Beata Niedzialkowska Dec 2024

Corsets Off. Camille Claudel And Polish Women Sculptors Of The 19th Century, Beata Niedzialkowska

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No abstract provided.


Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, And Self-Determination Since 1969, Shannon Bewley Dec 2024

Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, And Self-Determination Since 1969, Shannon Bewley

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No abstract provided.


Conservation Through Art: Saving Alabama Hemlocks, Kelly A. Wacker Dec 2024

Conservation Through Art: Saving Alabama Hemlocks, Kelly A. Wacker

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No abstract provided.


Napoleon’S Corpse And The Subversion Of Historical And Political Authority, Alissa Rachel Adams Dec 2024

Napoleon’S Corpse And The Subversion Of Historical And Political Authority, Alissa Rachel Adams

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This article examines printed depictions of Napoleon Bonaparte’s exhumed corpse in conjunction with Romantic historical practice in nineteenth-century France. Current studies on history in the Romantic age emphasize Romantic historicism’s link to a widespread and frustrated yearning for direct access to the past that will settle the upheavals of the revolutionary period. This study considers how the corpse and its representations fulfill the desire for direct access to the past but, in doing so, also contributes to a proliferation of individual understandings of the past—and future. Through an analysis of representations of the corpse, their sources, and their connection to …


Art Inquiries, Xix:1, Full Issue, Mysoon Rizk Dec 2024

Art Inquiries, Xix:1, Full Issue, Mysoon Rizk

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No abstract provided.


Factors Determining The Success Of Recently Planted Spartina Alterniflora On A Living Shoreline In Jamaica Bay, Ny, Abby K. Bressette, Shakira Thomas, Brett F. Branco Jan 2024

Factors Determining The Success Of Recently Planted Spartina Alterniflora On A Living Shoreline In Jamaica Bay, Ny, Abby K. Bressette, Shakira Thomas, Brett F. Branco

Environmental Studies Publications

Natural and nature-based features have been implemented throughout New York City to provide habitat and reduce flooding, erosion, and pollution. The West Pond Living Shoreline in Jamaica Bay, NY was designed with organic breakwaters and native marsh plants, including S. alterniflora. Post-construction monitoring in 2021 found that percent coverage of S. alterniflora was lower than expected. To inform future management, we studied the effect of elevation, planting method, and shoreline energy exposure on the percent cover, average stem height, and average stem density of S. alterniflora. Elevation and plant growth data were collected within 8 one sq. meter quadrats at …


Biophilia: Developing A Taste For Care, Che'leah Shannon Jan 2024

Biophilia: Developing A Taste For Care, Che'leah Shannon

Theses and Dissertations

People in materially developed cultures spend over 90% of their lives in buildings (Evans & McCoy, 1998). Commencing with the industrial revolution these materially developed cultures see most of their populus moving from the countryside to the city in search of work and better lives. The city, an urban and modern development of densely packed peoples, buildings, and infrastructure, has developed as an efficient solution to meet the needs of a cosmopolis.

The city has developed widely without a necessity or place for nature. The ground outside is paved with concrete, efficient and comfortable for travel, buildings are built high …


Learning Curve: Designing An Inclusive Early Childhood Learning Center, Sarah Alrumayh Jan 2024

Learning Curve: Designing An Inclusive Early Childhood Learning Center, Sarah Alrumayh

Theses and Dissertations

This research centers on the improvement of early childhood education environments in hopes to reduce the disparities in outcomes among children aged 2-6, widely known as "the achievement gap." It sheds light on designing an inclusive, child-centered school for students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) and speech or language impairments (SLI). Drawing on the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), it underscores the benefits of integrating students with special education needs into mainstream education, thereby fostering inclusive learning environments. (IDEA, 1975).

The research question probes how to create a nurturing and adaptable school environment tailored to the diverse needs of …


Moonshine Babies, Arghavan Heydareslam Jan 2024

Moonshine Babies, Arghavan Heydareslam

Theses and Dissertations

Moonshine Babies is a two-screen film made of collage/cut-out stop-motion and live-action. It is a visual poem based on my journals from when I recently started living in the US as an outsider. The experience left me feeling divided between the empty present and memories of the past. suggesting that there are collective memories among a group of interconnected individuals that unite them within a single narrative.

There was a moment when I asked, "If you are your memories, what does it mean to be somewhere you have no memories of and no one has memories of you there?"

Memories …


Haven: Exploring Trauma-Informed Design In Transitional Housing For Women And Children, Sydney J. Rakes Jan 2024

Haven: Exploring Trauma-Informed Design In Transitional Housing For Women And Children, Sydney J. Rakes

Theses and Dissertations

relevance

For 15 years, I have been a volunteer at a shelter for women and children. I interact with families and women who are suffering from the trauma caused by homelessness and domestic violence. In my observations, I have learned some spaces are more conducive to the staff and resident experiences than others. This project will be addressing how transitional housing for women and children can be designed to support the healing of trauma caused by domestic violence.

As of July 2023, there were about 150 women suffering from homelessness locally in the city of Richmond, Virginia (Homeward VA, 2023). …


Planning Growth Management; The Rapid Urbanization Of Loudoun County, Virginia, Shaianna Trump Jan 2024

Planning Growth Management; The Rapid Urbanization Of Loudoun County, Virginia, Shaianna Trump

Theses and Dissertations

As the population grows, planners and politicians must decide how to direct growth. This thesis analyzes how growth management can control land use and development using Loudoun County, Virginia, as a case study. By looking at how Loudoun County has implemented growth management policies, a case can be made for why governments should look to growth management to manage growth pressures. This thesis looks at the past and present growth management policies in Loudoun County and analyzes the County’s 2019 Comprehensive Plan.


Riverview Community Park Commoning Plan, Haley B. Keene Jan 2024

Riverview Community Park Commoning Plan, Haley B. Keene

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects

Riverview Community Park began as an illegal DIY skatepark in the Maymont neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Now, although it is a city park, it is still entirely managed by volunteer community groups (skateboarders, the neighborhood Civic League, and a community garden) who view the park as a creative, experimental community-led spatial project. Due to a dearth of communication between the three groups, the park has suffered political strife between the groups and a chaotic physical atmosphere. This plan utilizes a commons governance framework and participatory, asset-based community design to usher in a new era of enhanced collaboration, common narratives, and …


Anticipating The Fall Line: A Plan For Equitable Trail-Oriented Development On Commerce Road, Eric King Jan 2024

Anticipating The Fall Line: A Plan For Equitable Trail-Oriented Development On Commerce Road, Eric King

Master of Urban and Regional Planning Capstone Projects

Once completed, the Fall Line trail will provide a 43-mile active transportation route through Central Virginia from Ashland to Petersburg. Three miles of the trail’s alignment follow Commerce Road in Richmond’s Southside. As Manchester continues to undergo rapid change, trail-oriented development (TrOD) offers an opportunity to accommodate growth and transform the industrial corridor into a mixed-use destination as envisioned by the city’s master plan. While TrOD within the study area represents both economic and community development, relatively low residential property values and median incomes within surrounding neighborhoods warrant proactive measures to mitigate potential displacement pressures. Drawing from precedents set by …


Jacqueline Jung, Eloquent Bodies: Movement, Expression, And The Human Figure In Gothic Sculpture, Kerr Houston Dec 2023

Jacqueline Jung, Eloquent Bodies: Movement, Expression, And The Human Figure In Gothic Sculpture, Kerr Houston

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No abstract provided.


Diana S. Greenwald, Painting By Numbers: Data-Driven Histories Of Nineteenth-Century Art, Sara Woodbury Dec 2023

Diana S. Greenwald, Painting By Numbers: Data-Driven Histories Of Nineteenth-Century Art, Sara Woodbury

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No abstract provided.


Art Inquiries Vol Xviii No 4 2023 Full Issue, Mysoon Rizk Dec 2023

Art Inquiries Vol Xviii No 4 2023 Full Issue, Mysoon Rizk

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No abstract provided.


Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel; And Modigliani Up Close, K. A. Mcfadden Dec 2023

Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel; And Modigliani Up Close, K. A. Mcfadden

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No abstract provided.


Troy Thomas, Poussin’S Women: Sex And Gender In The Artist’S Works, James R. Jewitt Dec 2023

Troy Thomas, Poussin’S Women: Sex And Gender In The Artist’S Works, James R. Jewitt

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No abstract provided.


Art Inquries Vol Xviii No 4 2023 Front Matter, Mysoon Rizk Dec 2023

Art Inquries Vol Xviii No 4 2023 Front Matter, Mysoon Rizk

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No abstract provided.


The Date Of The Allegory Of Mercy At The Misericordia In Florence...Again: Some Clarifications Regarding The Historical Setting, William R. Levin Dec 2023

The Date Of The Allegory Of Mercy At The Misericordia In Florence...Again: Some Clarifications Regarding The Historical Setting, William R. Levin

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No abstract provided.


Laurie Anderson: The Weather, Annie Dell'aria Dec 2023

Laurie Anderson: The Weather, Annie Dell'aria

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No abstract provided.


Jamie Robertson: Make For Higher Ground, Elizabeth S. Hawley Dec 2023

Jamie Robertson: Make For Higher Ground, Elizabeth S. Hawley

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No abstract provided.


Street Index And Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889 Oct 2023

Street Index And Baist Atlas Of Richmond, Va 1889

Baist Atlas Indexes

Index created by VCU Libraries for the Baist Atlas of Richmond, VA 1889.