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A Brief Survey Of The Art And Execution Of Bronze Sculpture, Paul Lawrence

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The general problem included the art and execution of bronze sculpture. It was felt that the theory of art of bronze sculpture, or any art, could be best comprehended when substantiated by practical illustration. In order to fully realize the problem, a brief history of bronze metal and bronze sculpture was presented in addition to the research in the field of various techniques of bronze casting. The practical illustration of this study was made in the form of a composition for bronze sculpture.

Symbolism In Christian Art, Carl Cullen Jordan

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The Bible has been the inspiration of artists during the last twenty centuries. They in turn have served as transmitters of this lofty inspiration, for the alchemy of their abilities has brought the events and the characters of the Bible visually within the grasp of generations or men.

A Consideration Of The Aesthetic-Productive Process As Integration Of Self And Environment, Thomas H. Watkins Ii

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An understanding of the purpose of this study presupposes an acquaintance with the history of aesthetics—specifically, with the division of the subjective elements from the objective elements of aesthetic experience and the resulting conception of the two kinds of elements as independent of one another.

A Group Of Paintings Derived From Southwestern Indian Art, Douglas Denniston

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Indian art has been a source of stimulation to a few abstract painters, particularly those working in the Southwest, where they have come into contact with the wealth of art produced by prehistoric and present-day Indians.

School, Home, Community, And Personal Art Experiences, Gladyce Belle Wolfe

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It is the purpose of this study (1) to review the contributions of many writers concerning the significance of art in its relative ways in the various phases of living and experiencing, in the home, in the school, in the community, and in individual activities; (2) after collectively considering the most important factors stressed, to place upon art education the concern of rendering human beings sensitive to the aesthetic value in all activities and in the appreciation and the appraising of these values, in demanding them when they are absent, and in taking the initiative in procuring and creating them; …

The Bent Brothers On The Frontier, Ina Wilson Cason

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Few appreciate the men who blazed the trail into our West. Although a century or more has passed since that era in American history, comparatively little has yet been written upon the subject. While these pioneers were poorly educated in books, that their influence was far reaching is shown by the records of commerce, army annals, and geographic names. So, from crudely scribbled letters, accounts, diaries, documents, witnesses, and reprints, this narrative is written.

The Bibliography Of The Ethnobiology Of The Southwest Indians, Vera A. Hough

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This investigation was made for the purpose of determining what has been accomplished in the past in the study of ethnobiology of the southwest Indians. Much of this has been produced as incidental to the archaeology of the region, and some as definite biological problems. Also isolated pieces of work have been done with the different Indian peoples and with varying phases of their ethnobiology. It is therefore proposed to organize and correlate this great mass of ethnobiological literature into a plan which (1 ) includes the entire region and (2) considers the various phases of the culture through which …

The Acculturation Of Sandia Pueblo, Marjorie Ferguson

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To study the culture or a people, to become acquainted with the arts, folklore, religion, industries, and traditions, past and present, of what seems to be a slowly dying Indian pueblo -- was the writer's main purpose when she became interest􀀲d in Sandia pueblo, a town or the old, old Tiguex province, so often mentioned in southwestern history and folklore.

One might ask what there could be of interest in that shabby little settlement off the main highway from Albuquerque to Santa Fe. To the unsympathetic outsider such a study as was conducted at Sandia might seem nothing more than …