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The Sexual Morphology Of The Ice Cream Cone: Its Structural Development And Transformation, Eddie Fook Hong Wong

Art & Art History ETDs

This exposition will be concerned with three major aspects of the thesis paintings: (1) the establishment of the historical context, (2) an analysis of the work of the painters that have influenced the conception of the work, (3) an explanation of the thematic imagery. Toward this end I will cover: first, what I hold to be the historical process underlying the development of modern painting; second, the work of those specific artists whose development reflects the above historical process; and third, the particular works of the aforementioned artists who have had a direct bearing on the paintings of the thesis; …

Victor Higgins: A Transitional Artist 1884-1949., Ellen W. Bradbury

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New Meaning In Old Forms, John Lawrence Ward

Art & Art History ETDs

This paper has three objectives; first, it is a research project in which pictures which appear significant to me are analyzed to account for their power; second, it is designed to assist the reader in understanding the problems and concerns which I face as a painter and the reasons for my admiration of those pictures discussed in this paper; and third, in keeping with Eliot’s view that new works of art change the value and meaning of previous art, I hope to provide some insight into these past works as seen through my paintings and the recent art which has …

Developing Visual Creative Traits Through A Three Week Course Of Instruction And The Relationship Of Spontaneous And Deliberate Art Expression To Creative Achievement, Walter E. Rutkowski

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The development of creativity is of major interest to art education as well as education in general. It is assumed by art educators, that creativity can and should be derived through art. However, in art the development of creativity is at a very elementary stage of understanding that incorporates unproven feelings and assumptions into philosophies and aims.

A Study Of Art And Creativity Tests With Respect To Testing Art Students Of The Sociometric Groups, Michael S. Youngblood

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The concept of testing in education has long been recognized as the major means of evaluating the extent to which learning takes place within individuals who are exposed to specific learning conditions.

A Study For A Text In Spanish On Art Education For Elementary Classroom Teachers In Latin America, Amber Y. Wolcott

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Education is at a rather high level of sophistication and advancement in most areas of North America, Europe, and parts of Asia. Unless information has been gained through travel, research and study, or personal contact with foreign students and visitors, it is difficult to realize there are places, such as most of Latin America, where children are deprived of good educational resources, schools sufficiently equipped with texts, materials, and well-trained teachers. Because of this, they are afforded little chance to fully develop an awareness of their surroundings. Usually, such an education is achieved under all possible conditions of study, exploration, …

"The Craftsman Has A High And Extraordinary Mission: To Imbue The Useful Object With The Spirit Of Art.", Donald Knight Spaulding

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It is a truism in industrial design that the simplest machine which performs the function is the best. This is functionalism in the strictest sense and, within limitations, it can be applied to crafts design. Design contains a logic, however personal, and a sense of order. These aspects are achieved in execution partly through repetition and variation (or extensions of repetition and variation such as contrast, symmetry, balance, etc.) and partly through the materials used; together they work for unity. Elements which are distracting or irrational tend to confuse and detract from the feeling of unity. The obvious analogy is …

John Philoponus' Commentary On Aristotle's Theory Of The World, Christos Kaplanides

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The contributions of the Greeks to the development and evolution science are enormous. Not only were the Greeks the originators of the basic philosophical and scientific: modes of reflection in the western world, but they were also the continuators as well as the best commentators and critics of their ancestors and their contemporaries. To restrict the contributions of the Greeks to science to the pre-Roman period would be wrong. It would be equally as -wrong to restrict the presense of original thinkers to that period also.

Early Shipbuilding In Colonial New Spain, 1519-1565, William Collins

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This thesis presents a general study of early shipbuilding in New Spain, with special emphasis on the period, 1519 to 1565. It is intended to be preliminary to a dissertation on a phase of the same general subject. This paper is presented for the historian, and is not intended to be a technical study of shipbuilding. The story of shipbuilding in New Spain is closely related to the story of exploration of the New World and the conquest of New Spain. I have tried to cover the narrative of exploration and conquest only insofar as it relates to shipbuilding and …

The Road To Destruction: Solitude And Decadence In CrôNica Da Casa Assassinada By Lúcio Cardoso, Sharon Wyatt

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Lúcio Cardoso's work may be considered as personifying the problem of human solitude in all its physical, moral, and spiritual aspects. Mankind is a wretched lot forever condemned to an oppressive solitude by a merciless God. He developed this theme first through the omniscient third person as in A Luz no Sub-solo and Dias Perdidos, then turned to the stream of consciousness technique as recorded in the mind as in O anfiteatro, or in a confession as in Inácio, and finally perfected it in his masterpiece, Crônica da Casa Assasainada. I have chosen to analyze this last book since it …

Design Analysis Of The Rio Grande Glaze Pottery Of Pottery Mound, New Mexico, J. J. Brody

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The Problem

The purpose of this study is to analyze the indigenous pottery designs recovered from the Anasazi Site of Pottery Mound, New Mexico, and to demonstrate the usefulness of this design analysis to the inter­pretation of the prehistory of the Rio Grande. Special emphasis is placed on the use of design forms as unique evidence of contact between to􀀢-ns, and as an aid to chronology.

The Method of Solution

The first chapter gives the nonspecialized reader a general background knowledge of the era and area under discussion. This section also acquaints the reader with some of the specific technical …

A Comparative Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Art At The Fourth Grade Level, Mary Carroll Nelson

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It was the purpose of this study to compare the effects of visual, technical instructions on the creativity and technical mastery demonstrated in the art work of a fourth grade class. The experimental group received verbal stimulation and verbal instructions plus visual instructions of technical nature. The control group received the same verbal stimulation and verbal instructions without the visual instructions. The art products from both classes were submitted to a panel of judges for a rating on, (1) whether there were observable differences between the groups in creativity and technical mastery, and (2) if there were, which group excelled …

A Study Of Motivational Incentive For Enrollment In Beginning Drawing Classes In Public Junior Colleges Of California In The 1960-1961 Academic Year, Patricia Tandrow Lewis

Art & Art History ETDs

The opportunity for self-expression gained through art experience contribute to the total development of the individual. As indicated by Rees:

...it is evident that creative self-expression in some form of art activity is the key to the greatest possible degree of self-realization, self-discovery, and self-identification, for it is the unique and special means by which a person may express his whole self--his whole personality.

An Approach To The Presentation Of Art History On The Junior High School Level, Vivian N. Grelick

Art & Art History ETDs

This project is more of a beginning than a summation. The material represents the framework and initial trial chapters of an art history survey book. The writer's intent is not to produce another work, to add to the many already available, for use on the college level. The book, when completed, is rather intended for fruitful use as a junior high school text.

A Study Of Taos As An Art Colony And Of Representative Taos Painters, Dorothy Skousen Black

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This thesis is a study of Taos as an art colony, a subject about which little has been written…Consequently, the best method of research appeared to be interviews with the living painters associated with Taos.

A Comparative Study Of Georges Roualt And Chaim Soutine, Ann Hillard

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The purpose of this study is to offer for scrutiny certain aspects of the painters, Rouault and Soutine. In the introductory chapter they will be placed in their point in history, period in painting, and artistic line and descent. In the chapters following they will be compared to their personal backgrounds, development as painters, and respective techniques. Finally, they will be evaluated as to their importance to modern painting.

A Catalogue And Analysis Of The Churches Of Cholula, Mexico, Margaret Henderson Floyd

Art & Art History ETDs

It was the purpose of this study to photograph and catalog the churches of central Cholula; to find what stylistic groups and local motifs are characteristic of the area; to determine, insofar as possible, the chronological distribution of these churches through the centuries of the colonial period; to discover the geographical distribution of the monuments in the area immediately around the city and to relate this to such data was obtainable on the population distribution and urban development of the area today and in the past.

A Study Of Faculty In-Service Education Programs In The Public Schools Of New Mexico, Helen P. Anderson

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Teacher education should be a continuous process if the teacher is to achieve full realization of his capabilities. Pre-service education is exceedingly important for achieving this, but it cannot provide complete and adequate preparation. It alone cannot produce full realization of the potentialities of the prospective teacher. Upon entrance into the profession, the beginning teacher, regardless of his adequacy of preparation, is faced with a new environment in which he must use new and relatively unfamiliar materials and tools. Rapid changes in educational procedures soon make the pre-service education of both the beginning teacher and the experienced teacher outmoded. The …

Post-Impressionist Innovations In Landscape Painting, Martha Fowler Meeks

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Statement of the problem. It is the purpose of this study to show that the expression of landscape attained the vitality to rival figure painting as an art form in the Post-Impressionist period and to estimate what this vitality meant further developments in painting.

The Evolution Of Portraiture In The Italian Renaissance, Edward Martin Gnall

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The method of procedure employed in this study was to gather scattered material relating to the subject from art histories, artist, biographies, personal notes recorded while pursuing standard university courses on the history of art, art periodicals, and art bulletins, and attempt to condense the acquired material into a lucid organization of facts, places, personalities, and works. Photographic reproductions in black and white were made of portrait works by various major artists in the Italian Renaissance and compared sequentially to establish a possible relationship of developing styles. Those which seemed to epitomize the most significant advances were chosen for the …

A Survey Of Southwestern Indian Stone, Shell, And Bone Sculpture, Diane Lee Aller

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The interest of the modern artist and craftsman in primitive art has increased yearly since the official discovery of this variety of art in the early years of the twentieth century. To meet the demand for information that this interest has aroused, large numbers of books and articles, many illustrating handsome examples of primitive work, have been compiled. These works, though often valuable and exciting, usually fail to give anything approaching a complete examination of one subject. An art student of a particular subject must turn to the works of the anthropologist, rather than to the works of the art …

A Survey Of The Discarded, Native, And Inexpensive Materials Used In Elementary School Art, Donald Warren Herberholz

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It is the purpose of this study to find out what discarded, inexpensive, and native materials are used and how some of them are used in the art program of the elementary school (1) by results obtained from a questionnaire, and (2) by analysis of periodicals and books on the use of these materials.

The Role Of Art In The Complete Development Of A Christian Personality, Sister Loretta Ann Mccarthy

Art & Art History ETDs

A survey of ancient literature reveals that art as an area in school life is becoming increasingly recognized as tremendously significant to a complete participation in the creative activities of life. A critical point has been reached in so far as art has begun to be recognized as an integral part of the school program rather than an educational frill offered for those students who have difficulty with the academic program or as a concession to the few talented students.

It is the purpose of this study (1) to outline briefly the theory of art education as applied to the …

A Historical Study Of The Armory Show Of 1913 As A Factor In The Development Of American Art, Jurdan G. Myers

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For many years lecturers and art historians have been aware of the importance of the Armory Show (The international Exhibition of Modern Art) held in New York in 1913. This awareness has not been sufficient to stimulate the presentation of the entire history of the Armory show. Although most lecturers and art historians dismiss the exhibit by saying that it was important, there are a few who have given as much as ten pages to a discussion of the show.

Nationalism: A Search For Unity, The Role Of The Mexican Government In Sponsoring Contemporary Fine Arts, Katharine Ferris Nutt

History ETDs

The following discussion is in part the history of nationalism in the fine arts of Mexico, as a spontaneous expression and as one artificially stimulated. Of equal concern, however, are the State's endeavors to channel nationalism by controlling the bellas artes through subsidy, decree, and law, and finally by the creation of a national institute or theater. The writer has endeavored to reveal both the advantageous and disadvantageous aspects of the government's control and to render some idea as to the extent to which cultural nationalism may forge permanent unity among the Mexicans.

The Pharmacy Mural And An Investigation Into Contemporary Mexican Mural Art, Henry J. Caroselli

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It was the ambition of the author of this thesis to paint a mural. As a result of the cooperation of the College of Fine Arts and Pharmacy, it was arranged that as a part of this thesis a mural be executed in the new Pharmacy Building on the campus of the University of New Mexico. Because of this, the thesis has attained a far greater aspect of reality than it would have received had the author confined himself solely to a theoretical study of mural painting.

A Discussion Illustrating Some Of The Advantages Of Mixed-Media Painting, Robert C. Morrison

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It is the purpose of this paper to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of several widely-used painting media; to survey briefly the history of their use; and to describe a method in which a combination of the oil medium with elements of other media might offer the painter a chance to eliminate the disadvantages of oil painting without sacrificing its obvious benefits.

The Validity Of Art Aptitude Tests On The High School Level, Dorothy Blanch Gibson

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It is the purpose of this study to test the validity of art aptitude tests on the high school level by (1) comparing the interpretation of raw scores with the teacher's grades given to students in the art department; (2) by correlation of the tests between art ability and intelligence measured by intelligence tests; and (3) by correlations of the seven tests used in this study.

Iconographic Complexes Of American Art In Relation To Current Art Education, Arthur J. Schneider

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The problem of this study is to locate the principal images employed in the art of the New World with the purpose of reestablishing the function of such elements integral to a modern realism in American art.

A Survey Of The Visual Art Program For The Negro In The Elementary Public Schools Of The South, Maria Donkle

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It is the purpose of this study (1) to ascertain the amount of visual art offered the Negro in the elementary public schools of the South; (2) to determine the qualifications of those who present the work to the pupils; and (3) to discover the type of work executed, as revealed through direct observation and a questionnaire study.