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Wordflight, Joey Gonnella May 2024

Wordflight, Joey Gonnella

Theses and Dissertations

Exploring subjects revolving around the nature of images, language and their subsequent disseminationn through time, this paper weaves together seemingly unrelated topics from the hot air balloons of the Franco-Prussian war to the envelope poems of Emily Dickinson.


The Women Of The Bauhaus Weaving Workshop: Anni Albers' And Gunta Stölzl's Impact, Sophia Silane Jan 2020

The Women Of The Bauhaus Weaving Workshop: Anni Albers' And Gunta Stölzl's Impact, Sophia Silane

Pitzer Senior Theses

This thesis discusses two female weavers, Gunta Stölzl and Anni Albers, and their critical works from 1920-1935 that shaped Bauhaus weaving and the artistic significance of the medium. Over the course of three chapters, the thesis discusses Stölzl's shift from pictorial to material interests, Albers' themes of mass production and industry, and the women's post Bauhaus years which involved Stölzl blending work and art and Albers expanding the capabilities and fine art presence of textile.


Pantomime: The History And Metamorphosis Of A Theatrical Ideology, Karl E. Toepfer Aug 2019

Pantomime: The History And Metamorphosis Of A Theatrical Ideology, Karl E. Toepfer

Open Educational Resources

This book offers perhaps the most comprehensive history of pantomime ever written. No other book so thoroughly examines the varieties of pantomimic performance from the early Roman Empire, when the term “pantomime” came into use, until the present. After thoroughly examining the complexities and startlingly imaginative performance strategies of Roman pantomime, the author identifies the peculiar political circumstances that revived and shaped pantomime in France and Austria in the eighteenth century, leading to the Pierrot obsession in the nineteenth century. Modernist aesthetics awakened a huge, highly diverse fascination with pantomime. The book explores an extraordinary variety of modernist and postmodern …


Expressionist Art And Drama Before, During, And After The Weimar Republic, Shane Michael Kennedy Aug 2015

Expressionist Art And Drama Before, During, And After The Weimar Republic, Shane Michael Kennedy

Dissertations and Theses

Expressionism was the major literary and art form in Germany beginning in the early 20th century. It flourished before and during World War I and continued to be the dominant art for of the Early Weimar Republic. By 1924, Neue Sachlichkeit replaced Expressionism as the dominant art form in Germany. Many Expressionists claimed they were never truly apart of Expressionism. However, in the periodization and canonization many of these young artists are labeled as Expressionist.

This thesis examines the periodization and canonization of Expression in art, drama, and film and proves that Expressionism began much earlier than scholars believe and …


Faust In His Study: The Paradox Of Visual Representations And Poetic Possibilities, Donna Ramsey Jul 1978

Faust In His Study: The Paradox Of Visual Representations And Poetic Possibilities, Donna Ramsey

Institute for the Humanities Theses

The Faust theme has inspired individuals to creative endeavors over the years. While many of the resulting literary works are widely recognized and highly valued, few of the pictorial efforts have been similarly acknowledged. This investigation treats this apparent paradox as it applies to the soliloquy in the first scene of Part I of Goethe's poetic drama. The first part of the study compares the written word with its graphic interpretation, utilizing twenty-seven portrayals of Faust in his Study. The second section traces the iconography of the scene in a broader context, using twenty-eight prototypes which correspond to the depictions. …


Der Große Erfolg Der Wiener Kürschnerkunst., L.S.H. Sep 1926

Der Große Erfolg Der Wiener Kürschnerkunst., L.S.H.

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Der Pelzmodesalon Auf Der Wiener Messe., L.S.H. Sep 1926

Der Pelzmodesalon Auf Der Wiener Messe., L.S.H.

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Modenpalais Krupnik Auf Der Wiener Messe., L.S.H. Sep 1926

Modenpalais Krupnik Auf Der Wiener Messe., L.S.H.

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Eine Schöne Modeschau Bei Wiedhalm In Baden., L.S.H. Aug 1926

Eine Schöne Modeschau Bei Wiedhalm In Baden., L.S.H.

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Frühlingsfestspiele In Baden-Baden., L.S.H. Jun 1926

Frühlingsfestspiele In Baden-Baden., L.S.H.

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Sensationelle Toiletten Beim Großen Modepreis., L.S.H. Jun 1926

Sensationelle Toiletten Beim Großen Modepreis., L.S.H.

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Derby-Modeschau., L.S.H. Jun 1926

Derby-Modeschau., L.S.H.

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Mode-Rundschau., L.S.H. Jun 1926

Mode-Rundschau., L.S.H.

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Derby-Vorschau., L.S.H. May 1926

Derby-Vorschau., L.S.H.

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Mode-Rundschau., L.S.H. May 1926

Mode-Rundschau., L.S.H.

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Vorbereitungen Für Die Badereise., L.S.H. May 1926

Vorbereitungen Für Die Badereise., L.S.H.

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Einige Gute Modetips., L.S.H. May 1926

Einige Gute Modetips., L.S.H.

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Vorschau Auf Die Sommermode., L.S.H. May 1926

Vorschau Auf Die Sommermode., L.S.H.

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Von Kommenden Modedingen., L.S.H. May 1926

Von Kommenden Modedingen., L.S.H.

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Moden Von Heute, Morgen Und Übermorgen., L.S.H. May 1926

Moden Von Heute, Morgen Und Übermorgen., L.S.H.

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Mode-Rundschau., L.S.H. Apr 1926

Mode-Rundschau., L.S.H.

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