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Enhanced Realism In The Development Of My Painting, Zifen Qian

Dissertations and Theses

It is a basic truth that the artist must have independent experience and personality in order to create art from life. Combining a traditional realistic style with some elements of abstract composition fits my personality. My paintings represent a pursuit of this idea that is the enhanced realism in the development of my painting.

Dudelsacks: Sculptural Extensions In Blown Glass, Cristine C. Corcoran

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis project consists of 19 sculptures. The medium is hot blown glass. The work interprets and extends the visual and metaphorical qualities of bagpipes. The utilization of the German dudelsack references the playful improvisational nature of these international and culturally diverse forms.

Figurative Sculpture And Drawing, A Sumation Of A Year's Work, Matthew Burke

Senior Scholar Papers

I pursued the senior scholar project under the title and thought, Figurative Sculpture and Drawing. While studying sculpture and drawing, I spent time coming to know their basic languages and exploring a variety of media in each. Throughout the year, I worked with a figurative subject, addressing ideas proposed last fall; including sculptural elements like volume, mass, line, and balance; and various drawing techniques. I set up the proposal within a loose framework which allowed the project to evolve as I pursued the work. It also encouraged me to think freely and without reservation, because I was not bound to …

Science/Technology/Abstraction: Art At The End Of The Decade, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

Science and technology are two dominant art themes that have been weaving their way through the 1980s. This show makes that point very strongly, but in doing so it does not I intend to show every work of art that has used scientific or technological subject matter, or has been hooked up to an electric outlet during this I decade. That would be both I indiscriminate and unrewarding. What this exhibition does set out to do is give enough breadth of focus to the subject to make it understandable that many artists in the past few years have been using …

Carpets And History, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

The story of Western trade with Persia in textiles and carpets casts a fascinating light on the exciting, sometimes turbulent history of the centuries following Europe's Age of Exploration. The intense commercial and political rivalries of European mercantile expansion during the 400-year period from about 1500 to 1900 is revealed both by official historical documents - treaties, royal decrees and contracts - and by more personal ones, such as the reports of traveling merchants. Through the details of production and trade that these documents contain, we can view textiles and carpets as key commodities in the international marketplace. They played …

An Introduction To Oriental Carpets: The Arthur D. Jenkins Collection, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Oriental carpets have long fascinated the American public. Rich colors and attractive designs, as well as lush pile and renowned durability have given them a well-deserved reputation as beautiful and useful floor-coverings. Handmade products of far distant lands, their complicated patterns also evoke the romance of luxury and the Orient in days of yore. Yet Oriental carpets also represent both social history and manufacturing traditions related to the human needs, economy, and ecological constraints of their cultural origins.

Arthur D. Jenkins, an American collector of Oriental carpets, was intrigued by the social origins of rugs. Early in his collecting career, …

Some Visual Issues Of Painting : An Exploration Of The Painting Process, Barbara Leedy Branham

Dissertations and Theses

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Art: Painting.

Things Seen And Remembered, Charlien Dee Fitzpatrick

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis project consists of twenty oil paintings and watercolors. It is a series of visual problems based on work from direct observation as opposed to work from imagination. The concern is to show how the works from observed nature affect the imaginary pieces and how the imaginary works lend unexpected elements to the observed works. With a particular interest in color, visual energy, and painterly form, the project shows how these two avenues of exploration start out separately and eventually blend.

Blanket Statements, Issue 18, August 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 18, August 1989

Blanket Statements, Issue 16, February 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 16, February 1989

Blanket Statements, Issue 19, Winter 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 19, Winter 1989

Blanket Statements, Issue 17, May 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 17, May 1989

Blanket Statements, Issue 18, August 1989

Blanket Statements: News Publication of the American Quilt Study Group

Blanket Statements, Issue 18, August 1989

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 10 (1989), Laurel Horton, Eleanor Hamilton Sienkiewicz, Barbara Brackman, Suellen Meyer, Elizabeth Weyrauch Shea, Patricia Cox Crews, Debra Ballard, Virginia Gunn, Jane Przybysz, Nancilu Burdick, Gail Andrews Treschel, Bets Ramsey

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Laurel Horton

Research Papers

The Marketing of Mary Evans by Eleanor Hamilton Sienkiewicz

Signature Quilts: Nineteenth~Century Trends by Barbara Brackman

Early Influences of the Sewing Machine and Visible Machine Stitching on Nineteenth~Century Quilts by Suellen Meyer

Nebraska Quiltmakers: 1870-1940 by Elizabeth Weyrauch Shea and Patricia Cox Crews

The Ladies Aid of Hope Lutheran Church by Debra Ballard

Quilts for Milady's Boudoir by Virginia Gunn

The Body En(w)raptured: Contemporary Quilted Garments by Jane Przybysz

The Julia Bayer Reinstein Collection by Nancilu Burdick

Mourning Quilts in America by Gail Andrews Trechsel

Special Presentation

A Tribute to Mariska Karasz (1898-1960) by …

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peacekeeper, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

Organized by The Peace Museum, Peacekeeper was an exhibit held at Wright State University to document the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his influence with The Civil Rights Movement. Included in the exhibit, was historical reference to his life, as well as, performances by the Wright State University Gospel Choir, and the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. Peacekeeper was held at the Wright State University Art Gallery from November 5 through December 1st, 1989.

Dragons, Blossoms, Sunbursts: Textile Arts Of The Caucasus, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Rugs from the Caucasus have long been appreciated in Europe and America. Widely known for their bright colors and bold designs, Caucasian rugs have attracted collectors for nearly a century. These rugs, produced in towns and villages, reflect regional design traditions which were amalgamated from diverse sources.

Although embroideries and flatweaves (rugs without pile) from the Caucasus are less well known in the West, their designs are no less bold nor their colors less striking. Produced as a domestic art, they were destined for home use and local commerce. The richness of patterns in these textile arts is in part …

Contemporary Chinese Works On Paper, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

This a flyer that displays information for the Contemporary Chinese Works on Paper exhibit and lecture held at Wright State University. The dates that this exhibit was displayed was February 19th through March 17, 1989. Curated by Katherine Kadish, she held a curator talk about the collection on February 20, 1989. Bryan Choi, described as an architect and educator, held a lecture on the exhibit February 20, 1989.

Growth Of An Artist, Grant Allan Kniffen

Theses

One ' s growth as an artist is influenced by many things. Upbringing, values , experience and skill development are among those influences. They combine to shape and mold the identity of the artist . This gradual shaping of the artist's identity eventually results in what is termed a mature style.

This Masters Exhibition is the culminating product of graduate studies in art. The accompanying thesis discusses the artist ' s growth and development.