Fine Arts Commons^™

Rafael Israelyan And The Victory Monument: Negotiating Christian-Armenian Iconography In Stalinist Architecture, Ryan Browning, Dr. Cynthia Finlayson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Stalin’s terror regime over the Soviet Union created a tense environment for artists and architects. He oversaw the birth of a new artistic movement called Socialist Realism, which sought to portray the progress and beauty of socialist life. In most corners of the Soviet Union, the Socialist Realism style and ethic was enforced with a heavy hand by government watchdogs. Artists who attempted individualism in their work or who refused to follow the iconological status quo of the new movement came under the condemnation of the state, and were often removed from society in the times of the great purge. …

Art And Music: Historical Overview And Analytical Subtext Or Capstone Project Shaping Musical Phrases, Elizabeth Hiatt, Dr. Jon Green, Peter Everett

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Historically, there is a significant correlation between art and music. A study of music from the medieval square neumes of Gregorian Chant to the abstract designs of contemporary Minimalism reveals a significant correlation to the visual arts. Likewise, paintings such as Piet Modrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie and Whistler’s portrait Symphony in Gray and Pink acting not merely as an image, but as a representation of music, actual or imagined.

Auguste Rodin’S Burghers Of Calais, Emily Miller, Dr. Heather Jensen

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In 1889, a French 19th century sculptor, Auguste Rodin, created a monument that marked the historical heroism of six men who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of their town in Calais, France in 1347. The Burghers of Calais (see fig. 1), cast in bronze, has twelve copies in existence today, but was originally intended to be placed in Calais and now rests in front of the town hall. In the piece, each of these men, dressed in sackcloth, used their lives as payment for the town that was captured by King Edward the III of England. What is remarkable …

Experiments In Real-Time Video Processing And Sonification Using Cellular Automata, Morgan Quigley, Dr. Steven Ricks

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In this project, we sought to create a software system that uses the chaotic output of large cellular automata to create visualizations and sonifications that are aesthetically interesting. Conceptually, a cellular automaton is a group of deterministic cells that are interconnected to form a regular grid. The cells “evolve” in discrete time steps, which occur as the future value of each cell is calculated and then used to replace the current value of each cell. Each automaton and its associated governing functions behave differently: some have a stable state, others have stable oscillations, and others experience chaotic motion at the …

Getting To The Heart Of Matters: Applying Appropriate Performance Practices To Period Music, Bryson Mortensen, Dr. Ronald Staheli

Journal of Undergraduate Research

There is nothing worse than singing a boring piece. Often, when conductors decide to perform works from periods such as the Renaissance, Baroque, or even Classical periods, they find that it is difficult to make the piece exciting. The choir is quickly frustrated because of the difficulty of a virtuosic Baroque passage or a particularly enigmatic polyphonic Renaissance piece. When the piece is finally coaxed into a performance, the audience quickly loses interest because the choir is so focused on the notes instead of the meaning of the words. As a result of challenging experiences like these, many conductors give …

Sheet Music Buying Trends Of Classically Trained Musicians, Stephen Fairbanks, Dr. Andrew Dabcynski

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Classically trained musicians have yet to discover how computing advances can transform the sheet music industry. Through the internet, it is possible to transmit information instantly and inexpensively. By utilizing this, musicians could access the vast stores of music literature for a fraction of the cost. This study has (1) evaluated music publishing software, (2) assessed the buying trends of musicians, and (3) submitted a proposal to the Marriott School’s Business Plan Competition.

Native To Settler And Back: Video Installation, Jethro Gillespie, Joseph Ostraff

Journal of Undergraduate Research

I traveled to New Zealand with a group of BYU visual arts students on an International Field Studies program in the spring term of 2004. As part of this exchange, we were all engaged in an ongoing relationship with an all-Maori art university, Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi in Whakatane, in the Bay of Plenty on the North Island.

Brigham Young University Compliance With The Jeanne Clery Act, Marissa A. Widdison, Joel Campbell

Journal of Undergraduate Research

On April 5, 1986, 19-year-old Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her residence hall room at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. The crime was opportunistic and random; Clery’s bedroom was unlocked and the perpetrator was another student whom she didn’t know. After her murder, Jeanne’s parents discovered that students and parents hadn’t been told about nearly 40 violent crimes that happened at Lehigh in the three years before the murder. Disturbed by the ignorance that contributed to their daughter’s death, the Clery’s — along with other campus crime victims — persuaded Congress to create the “Crime Awareness and Campus Security …

Preserving Artistic Tradition, Trilea Minson, Richard Hull

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Several great painters in art history used a certain kind of technique on their paintings. They used thin glazes rather then opaque layers of oil paint. Layers upon layers of translucent glazes created a luminous quality in their painting that added a richness and depth still admired and appreciated today. Unfortunately, this process is also very time consuming, and as such has been abandoned by many artists and art instructors. By learning this traditional process, I felt that I could not only increase my abilities as a painter and enhance my portfolio work, but also preserve the magnificent tradition and …

Marshall University Music Department Presents Triptych, Ann Bingham, Ed Bingham, James Steven Hall

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Louis Le Brocquy’S Philosophical Navigatio, Paula Murphy

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

No abstract provided.

History Painting And Patriotism: James Barry And Jacques Louis David, Claire Dubois

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

No abstract provided.

Museum Hours, Daniel Ross Goodman

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Museum Hours (2013), directed by Jem Cohen.

Ua68/1/3 Arts & Letters, Vol. 4, No. 2, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine created by WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters regarding faculty and student research, events and programs.

Pathos, Fall 2013, Portland State University. Student Publications Board

Pathos

Editor: Kate Marshall

Volume 8 No.1

The Himmelfarb Library Annual Art Show: Celebrating The Creative Abilities Of Faculty, Staff, And Students, Christopher D. Cook, Kelly Knight, Elaine Sullo

Himmelfarb Library Faculty Posters and Presentations

Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library at the George Washington University has held an annual art show since 1987. Students, staff, faculty, and clinicians from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, the School of Public Health and Health Services, the School of Nursing, the GW Hospital, and Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library are invited to submit artwork to be displayed throughout the first floor of the library in a month-long display. The talent of the artists is celebrated at an opening reception where light refreshments are served and students, staff, and faculty mingle and view the art.

Library art shows serve as …

Marshall University Music Department Presents An American Classics, Michael Stroeher, Trombone, And Henning Vauth, Piano, Michael Stroeher, Henning Vauth

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents Dr. George Palton, Ms. Alanna Cushing, George Palton, Alanna Cushing

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Summary Of Activities, Melinda Richards

Journal of Undergraduate Research

As a music/Honors Russian major, I had hoped to write an honors thesis that would combine both of these interests. I also wanted to spend some time living and studying in Russia to augment the year and a half that I spent in the Ukraine on a mission. I was able to line up living arrangements in St. Petersburg and also to arrange for some studies and private organ lessons at the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. In September 1995, I left to spend a year in Russia. An additional goal was to do research for my thesis. I selected the …

Architectural Expressions Of Faith, Sarah Osmond, Peggy Honey, Mark Hamilton

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The temple is a widely recognized symbol of the LDS faith; however, more accessible to members and non-members around the world, in humble or elaborate form, is the basis of our weekly worship, the chapel. This research, completed as my senior project in Interior Design, analyzes the architectural and interior design of our chapels in three-parts.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Faculty Recital, Reed Smith, Violin, Wendell Dobbs, Flute, With Guest, John Ingram, Piano, Elizabeth Reed Smith, Wendell B. Dobbs

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Truth In Traditions: An Ethnographic Study Of The Participation Of Bolivians In The Annual Urkupiña Celebration, Angela Rosales Challis, Catherine Black

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Urkupiña is one the most important religious festivities in Quillacollo, Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is a colorful festival with folkloric dancing, a large religious mass, processions, typical food, and the sale of miniature handicrafts. People of all ages participate in this celebration. The festivity consists of different activities during four full days, folkloric dances being fundamental among them. The origin of this festivity comes from a legend. In Quillacollo lived a little shepherd girl that met the Virgin Mary on the hill while taking care of her sheep. The Virgin told the girl that she should bring rocks from the mountain. …

“I No Longer Tremble.” A Choreographic Exploration Of Identity, Jeffrey Jacobs, Caroline Prohosky

Journal of Undergraduate Research

“How can I tell her I am thinking that transformations are not forever?” From the first time I read the final line of Susan Mitchell’s From the Journals of the Frog Prince, I knew I was in trouble. The imagery, the cadences, and the ideas it presented became such a part of me that I knew I had to create a dance based on the poem. Thus began my ORCA experience. The grant I received from the BYU Office of Research and Creative Activities provided the means for me to explore through modern dance ideas significant to the LDS community.

Last Judgment: Understanding The Iconography In Hans Memling’S Painting, Richard V. Thomas

Journal of Undergraduate Research

I started this project with the hopes of uncovering the true reason behind some specific iconography in the Last Judgment Triptych by Hans Memling. Prior to proposing this project, I had done a bit of preliminary research, which did not touch on the interesting iconography used by Memling in this painting. I felt that the icons in question were unique and significant enough that more research was in order to understand why Memling put them in his painting. The icons in question include a specific handclasp used by St. Peter to welcome the souls of the Righteous to heaven, and …

Database Software Development For Ballet, Kristy Parkinson, Jan Dijkwel

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Ballet is a technically demanding performance art. About 500 students take ballet classes each semester at Brigham Young University, and one of the most difficult parts of each ballet class is memorizing all the French terms that each step is known by. In order to facilitate this process, the head of the Ballet Division of the Dance Department, Sandra Allen, as well as Theatre Ballet director Jan Dijkwel, asked that I develop a tutorial that would present the terms, their definitions, and multimedia so that students could easily connect terms to movement. This in turn would help students as they …

Silent Release An Investigation Into Collaborative Choreography, Emmy Paiser, Kelby Anne Debenham Ellis, Patrick Debenham

Journal of Undergraduate Research

“Interaction, the direct effect that one kind of particle has on another, any of four fundamental ways in which elementary particles and bodies can influence each other, classified as strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational (www.dictionary.com).” Our interest in interaction and collaboration began the semester before we started our ORCA research. We took a movement analysis class and partnered together on several assignments. We had the opportunity to ‘people watch’ or to analyze personal movement and come to conclusions about what movement can really tell us. Many times in the analysis process, we found our conclusions to be contradictory. This inspired …

Marshall University Music Department Presents The 12 O'Clock Jazz Ensemble, Martin W. Saunders

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department Presents Music From The Age Of Invention, The Maelzel Woodwind Quintet, Wendell B. Dobbs, Stephen Lawson, Kay Lawson, Curtis Foster, Richard Spece

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Discovering A Lost Composer: Vilma Webenau And Her Music, Carolyn Dehdari, Dr. Harrison Powley

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Walking down the streets of Vienna, my eyes pass over new faces and names, wondering if I will ever find something familiar. I think of all those that would be familiar in a different time: Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Schoenberg. But there is one face I am looking for that few others would recognize; it is a woman’s face, a woman who composed, taught music, and worked with Schoenberg. This woman was Vilma Weber von Webenau, who saw many decades of progress and destruction in her life from 1875 to 1953.

Icons Of Death In Mexican Folk Art, Rodrigo Suarez, Linda A. Sullivan

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Death has always remained a mystery to humanity. Nearly every culture and religion has its theories regarding the afterlife; some believing in the afterlife and others in the continuity of life through reincarnation. However, there are probably very few events of human life that at the same time are so unknown and yet so ritualized as death is. Almost every nation has a holiday to honor the faithful departed, celebrate the continuity of life or simply reflect on the mysticism of death. And the Mexican tradition is one of the most ancient rituals still alive and celebrated as it has …