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Wallpaper Mania, Ellen Corrigan
Wallpaper Mania, Ellen Corrigan
Ellen K. Corrigan
Text panels from "Wallpaper Mania," a local exhibit in support of the Booth Library installation of the National Library of Medicine traveling exhibition The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Yellow Wall-Paper," on display September 23-November 2, 2013.
Woman, A Vehicle Of Visual Expression In Contemporary Times, Tamara C. Bogue
Woman, A Vehicle Of Visual Expression In Contemporary Times, Tamara C. Bogue
Masters Theses
This paper is a discussion of a woman as a vehicle of visual expression in contemporary times. Certain artists have been selected for the discussion of woman as subject matter and as symbol. An overview is given concerning some trends that have an influence on contemporary society, women in that society, and consequently affect how women have been portrayed. The selected artists were chosen as representatives of "directional types" or "theme types" and some of the implications of their female imagery is discussed. The concept of woman as symbol in her historically recorded debut as fertility figurine ("Willendorf Venus") sets …