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Living Impressionism: Edmond & Jules De Goncourt, Pamela Warner
Living Impressionism: Edmond & Jules De Goncourt, Pamela Warner
Pamela J. Warner
No abstract provided.
Where I Am, There (Sh)It Will Be, Melanie Mcdougald
Where I Am, There (Sh)It Will Be, Melanie Mcdougald
Melanie E McDougald
No abstract provided.
Haffenreffer Museum Of Anthropology, Pamela Warner
Haffenreffer Museum Of Anthropology, Pamela Warner
Pamela J. Warner
No abstract provided.
Creating The New Man: War Trauma And Regeneration In Fernand Léger’S Designs For La Création Du Monde (1923), Maureen Shanahan
Creating The New Man: War Trauma And Regeneration In Fernand Léger’S Designs For La Création Du Monde (1923), Maureen Shanahan
Maureen G. Shanahan
No abstract provided.
Carving Out Identity: Sadomasochism And The Discourse Of Evil In The Work Of Catherine Opie, Lauren Gallow
Carving Out Identity: Sadomasochism And The Discourse Of Evil In The Work Of Catherine Opie, Lauren Gallow
Lauren L. Gallow
Cutting. Mutilation. Manipulation. Distortion. As both a photographer and member of the lesbian and sadomasochistic communities, Catherine Opie has embraced extreme and violent actions as a means of fighting against narrow definitions of gender, sexual identity, and family values. During the early 1990s when Opie produced two of her most controversial works—Self-Portrait/Cutting (1993) and Self-Portrait/Pervert (1994)—a discourse of “evil” was often evoked in an attempt to marginalize and disempower the subcultures Opie represented in her photographs. The key players involved in the NEA censorship controversy (1989–1991) propagated just such a discourse, leading to a demarcation of these subcultures as “evil” …
Centum Homines: The Prototype Of The Alexander Mosaic And The Military Museum In The Hellenistic World, Peter Nulton
Centum Homines: The Prototype Of The Alexander Mosaic And The Military Museum In The Hellenistic World, Peter Nulton
Peter E. Nulton Ph.D.
Although it is generally accepted that the Alexander Mosaic copies a painting of the 4th Century BCE, the attribution of this prototype has never been settled. Numerous attempts have been made to associate it with painters recorded in Pliny's Natural History, notably Philoxenos of Eretria, and Alexander's court painter, Apelles.
If the painting were the work of any artist whose name survives, as strong a case can be made for Aristeides of Thebes as for Apelles or Philoxenos. Since Pliny's comment that Aristeides painted a battle against the Persians follows his treatment of the works of Apelles, he is likely …
Surrealist Masculinities: Gender Anxiety And The Aesthetics Of Post-World War I Reconstruction, Amy Lyford
Surrealist Masculinities: Gender Anxiety And The Aesthetics Of Post-World War I Reconstruction, Amy Lyford
Amy Lyford
No abstract provided.
Nature, Culture And The Origins Of Greek Comedy. A Study Of Animal Choruses, Kenneth Rothwell
Nature, Culture And The Origins Of Greek Comedy. A Study Of Animal Choruses, Kenneth Rothwell
Kenneth S Rothwell, Jr.
The animal choruses of Greek Old Comedy appeared on stage for a generation or two, mostly in the later fifth century B.C., and then disappeared. What factors intersected to bring them about? The book examines the evidence from vase-painting as well as ancient literary and philosophical traditions about animals and human culture.
See How We Love One Another: Judith Rosbe's Long Term Marriage, Pamela Warner
See How We Love One Another: Judith Rosbe's Long Term Marriage, Pamela Warner
Pamela J. Warner
Introduction to exhibition catalog.