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Misassembled Monsters, Jenn Brown

Graduate School of Art Theses

This thesis is a narrative of personal and material history. Through my work in painting, sculpture, and installation, I seek to share my story of emotional armoring in an attempt to connect to an audience. In my work, I look to my personal memories of growing up in a small, midwestern town and armoring myself with emotional barriers against its social construct of “normalcy.” Inspired by Medieval suits of armor and the characteristics of Goth culture throughout history, I employ my work to present the stage of a theatrical battleground. Creating each of my pieces is a fight for the …

The Effects Of Video Games On Human Intelligence, Lifeng Yuan, Wenxiang Hu

ART 108: Introduction to Games Studies

With the help of rapidly growing electronics industry offering more affordable electronic gaming devices, an increasing number of people have stepped into the realm of video games and as a result, playing video games has become part of life for many to some extent. While the majority of people are embracing the fun and the thrill that video games have brought about, a handful of people are still holding relatively negative opinions on video games, thinking that playing video game is just a waste of time and money. In fact, the truth is quite the opposite. It has proved that …

Envisioning Shadows In Romantic Ekphrasis And Early Photography, Joseph Kevin Tuvera Sebastian

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This thesis seeks to investigate ekphrasis as a mode of description and as a rhetorical strategy that produces literary affect. In particular, it considers the Romantic poet John Keats’s ekphrastic works to argue that he employs visual strategies of obscurity, which are rooted in

Edmund Burke’s concept of the Sublime, in order to register the formation of Poetic Consciousness. These visual strategies are observed in literal obscurity, which is expressed in shadows as a poetic conceit; they are also demonstrated in what this thesis terms notional or poetic obscurity, which involves mental abstractions that engage the imagination by challenging it …

Neon Centric Skating Rink, Miranda Melton

Graphic Design and Media Program: Studio II

This style guide provides branding guidelines for Neon Centric Staking Rink, including proper image and logo use, typography, and color palette.

Crucible, Evan A. Poole

Sierpinski’s Square

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Tragedy On Drury Lane, Natalie B. Ngong

Sierpinski’s Square

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Directed By M. Night Shyamalan, Noemi Leibman

Sierpinski’s Square

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Vacation Days - What I Did This Summer, Wren A. Jenkins

Sierpinski’s Square

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To A Proposition Most Despised- A Response To Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress", Wren A. Jenkins

Sierpinski’s Square

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Rake The Springtime Across My Sheets, Ivy N. Irihamye

Sierpinski’s Square

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Safe Haven, Korey Burns

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Safe Haven is a body of work that reflects my interest in different cultures that have similarities to my personal background. Recreating familiar symbols, colors, textures, and finishes, I create wearable sculptures that communicate memories based upon historic imagery from areas that have impacted my life. By being able to clasp a necklace or pin a brooch on, the viewer physically engages with the work. This interaction resembles my own experiences within the areas I traveled and artists that I have met. With the combination of different metalworking techniques and personal experiences, I am able to developed work that adorns …

A Shift In Silence, Bailey Idom

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A Shift in Silence is a body of work that emerged because of a key shift in my life. Using the formal components of line, shape, and value, I create a space representing an intimate moment in time. Physically, the medium can be any material, but I process all of this as an expression of line. Each piece shares the commonality of lines and lineage, while the layering embodies the record of my relationships from the past that directly affect the present. The abstraction and unpredictability within my own relationships require openness and vulnerability. This honest dialogue sustains and informs …

The Fine Arts In Architecture: Creation Of The Wku College Of Fine Arts, Austin Young

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Over the years, the fine arts have served as the embodiment of a cultures beliefs and practices. From Art and Music to Language and Communications, the fine arts have shaped the way we interact and live our daily lives. Architecture is considered one of the many fine arts. Architecture has served as a physical monument of the representation of these ideals. Many artistic principles such as rhythm and repetition are prevalent in the detail orientation of architecture, and other principles such as performance and expression, showcase the beauty behind design that influences people’s thoughts and feelings. This research will establish …

Volume 83, Issue 1: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff

Manuscripts

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Contributors, Manuscripts Staff

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Paper Lanterns, Katherine Marquam

Manuscripts

Poetry by Katherine Marquam.

Thought., Maggie Regan

Manuscripts

Illustration by Maggie Regan.

One Of These Men, Kathleen Berry

Manuscripts

Prose by Kathleen Berry.

Journal Of Nature, Maggie Brodbeck

Manuscripts

Poetry by Maggie Brodbeck. Finalist in the 2018 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.

Definition, Caitlyn Zegiestowsky

Manuscripts

Illustration by Caitlyn Zegiestowsky.

After That, Taylor Jankowski

Manuscripts

Prose by Taylor Jankowski.

Firenze, Alex Bartlow

Manuscripts

Photography by Alex Bartlow.

Interview With Kazim Ali, Matt Del Busto

Manuscripts

Kazim Ali is the author of several volumes of poetry, including Sky Ward, winner of the Ohioana Book Award in Poetry; The Far Mosque, winner of Alice James Books’ New England/New York Award; The Fortieth Day; All One’s Blue; and the cross-genre text Bright Felon. His novels include The Secret Room: A String Quartet, and among his books of essays is Fasting for Ramadan: Notes from a Spiritual Practice. Ali is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at Oberlin College. His new book of poems, Inquisition, and a new …

We All Have Them, Shakkira Harris

Manuscripts

Prose by Shakkira Harris. Finalist in the 2018 Manuscripts Prose Contest.

I'M Leaving, Delania Byerley

Manuscripts

Prose by Delania Byerley.

I'Ll Follow The Sun, Mason Farr

Manuscripts

Photography by Mason Farr.

A Sketch Of My Mother, Karena Bakas

Manuscripts

Prose by Karena Bakas.

My Perfect Picture: You, Joplin Finfrock

Manuscripts

Poetry by Joplin Finfrock. Finalist in the 2018 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.

Broken Things, Syndey Stoops

Manuscripts

Prose by Sydney Stoops.

Door And Ivy, Peter Larson

Manuscripts

Photography by Peter Larson.