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A Philosophical And Critical Analysis Of My Work In Painting And Drawing, James Robert Bolton

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The primary concern in my work is woman as an idealized goddess whose perfect beauty engenders the attributes of timelessness, sterility, and death. My ideas, although first encountered in literature, found visual realization in the images of the Vogue woman and the Renaissance Madonna. Both of these goddess figures are paradoxical in that they are real persons idealized and placed in a queenly context, and they consequently form a tension between illusion and reality. The historic setting for the Renaissance Madonna has three direct parallels to my work: 1) shallow space which characterizes an illusory stage-like setting, 2) symmetry which …

John Marin: The New Mexico Period, Walter Ellsworth Stevens

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A substantial number of books and articles has been devoted to the work of John Marin. Each of these, expressing something of the man’s poetic involvement with his work, has dealt with one or more aspects of the artist’s development. Although many have mentioned the fact that Marin spent two summers in and around Taos, New Mexico, no special study has been made of this important period in the artist’s life. A study of this nature is the purpose of this thesis.

Seven Years Of Change In Form And Color In The Sculpture Of John Chamberlain: 1958-1965, Mary Kelly Morgan

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In the seven years between 1958 and 1965, John Chamberlain continually developed and changed his sculptural styles. Phases of this stylistic development require critical appraisal. Chamberlain's constant changing must be understood as the thread which connects each of his works to the whole of his effort. Chamberlain is controversial in that his work welcomes it, not controversial in that a debate, though invited, has not come.

Chamberlains evolution in form and color is not necessarily representative of the developments of his contemporaries. He is an individual, not a show-piece for the whole. By considering Chamberlain, critical research pays the present …

A Study Of The Mary Lester Field Collection Of Spanish Colonial Silver, Leona Mae Boylan

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The purpose of this study is to examine the body of reference and source material presently available relative to Spanish Colonial silver in New Mexico, and to apply it specifically to the problem of describing, classifying, and dating the pieces in the Mary Lester Field Collection of Spanish Colonial Silver, University Art Museum of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

A second purpose is to explore the idea that an identifiable provincial style may exist within the general classification of Spanish Colonial silver, especially in relationship to the American Southwest. Critical stylistic analysis will be applied to individual pieces …

The Preservation Of Art, Architecture And Artifacts Of Trampas, New Mexico, Louise A. Harris

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Trampas, a small village in mountainous northern New Mexico, is extremely well-preserved, both architecturally and culturally. This excellent state of preservation results from its isolated position. Trampas has retained the character of a Spanish-Mexican town of the nineteenth century, a rarity even in New Mexico which has not yet been subjected to the massive industrialization found in other parts of the United States.

An Initial Evaluation Of A Sixth Grade Group's Attitude Toward Art Using A Semantic Differential Instrument, Nancy Carnohan

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The purpose of this descriptive research was twofold. The investigator wanted to test objectively the attitudes of the preadolescent child toward art. (The term ''preadolescent ', as well as other terms associated with and peculiar to the field of the present research paper, are defined in the glossary of terms on page 164-166.) One of the main problems was finding a valid objective test. Research was done in the field of the semantic differential instrument. After long and intensive study, it was decided to use this instrument on a preadolescent group. The results of the data obtained in this investigation …

The Effect Of Two Art Product Evaluative Systems Upon Aesthetic Design Sensitivity And Personal Art Attitude, James J. Srubek

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The aims and objectives of art education as an educational discipline have been discussed and argued since the formation of the Committee in Drawing by the National Education Association in 1899 (Lanier, 1964, p. 31). The situation is no better today than it was then. At a seminar in art education for research and curriculum development held at the Pennsylvania State University in the Summer of 1966, the leading minds in the fields of art education, psychology, research, the fine arts, art criticism, and education in general, met to discuss the current status of art education. In a summary statement …

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

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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

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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.

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 …

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 …

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

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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

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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

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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

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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 …