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(Review) Deep History: The Architecture Of Past And Present, Frederick S. Paxton
(Review) Deep History: The Architecture Of Past And Present, Frederick S. Paxton
History Faculty Publications
The article reviews the book "Deep History: The Architecture of Past and Present," edited by Andrew Shryock and Daniel Lord Smail.
Engendering Modern China: Visual Representations Of The Prc, Jennifer Lee
Engendering Modern China: Visual Representations Of The Prc, Jennifer Lee
East Asian Languages and Cultures Department Honors Papers
Propaganda posters have been one of many forms of political media used by modern governments such as the United States, Russia, England, and China, to spread a message across a large area to a wide audience. The popularity of the use of propaganda posters has sparked an interest in the study of posters. China has a long and varied history of the use of posters and propaganda posters. Pre-1949 propaganda posters, especially during the revolutionary period, used woodblock prints with stark lines and deep bright colors. Woodblock prints often employed yellow and red backgrounds to accent the black figures in …
Liminal Leda: A Conversation About Art, Poetry, And Vague Translations Of Sex, Molly Pistrang
Liminal Leda: A Conversation About Art, Poetry, And Vague Translations Of Sex, Molly Pistrang
English Honors Papers
My paper explores the idea that Leda has been used throughout recent history as a vehicle through which artists and poets talk non-explicitly about sex. After presenting her undetermined mythical origins in chapter one, I explore different identities assumed by Leda during the half century prior to Yeats. In chapter two, I focus on Leda as universal woman, explicit character, and one who looks. In chapter three, I move to Leda's larger roles as liminal figure and portrait, and discuss the changing role of exterior versus interior perspective. Chapter four is a detailed study on Yeats' sonnet that develops into …
Moments Of Freedom: Revolutionary Art From China, South Africa And Tunisia, Ikram Lakhdhar
Moments Of Freedom: Revolutionary Art From China, South Africa And Tunisia, Ikram Lakhdhar
Self-Designed Majors Honors Papers
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