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American Women Artists, 1935-1970: Gender, Culture, And Politics, Lucy Curzon Jan 2017

American Women Artists, 1935-1970: Gender, Culture, And Politics, Lucy Curzon

Art Inquiries

Book review of American Women Artists, 1935-1970: Gender, Culture, and Politics, edited by Helen Langa and Paula Wisotzki.


Dispatches, Sunny Spillane Jan 2017

Dispatches, Sunny Spillane

Art Inquiries

No abstract provided.


Nature Versus Culture: Lower Manhattan Land Art By Charles Simonds, Walter De Maria, And Alan Sonfist, Farrar Fitzgerald Jan 2017

Nature Versus Culture: Lower Manhattan Land Art By Charles Simonds, Walter De Maria, And Alan Sonfist, Farrar Fitzgerald

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Facing Mortality: Death In The Life And Work Of Damien Hirst, Dawn M. Delikat Jan 2017

Facing Mortality: Death In The Life And Work Of Damien Hirst, Dawn M. Delikat

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No abstract provided.


Bergson’S Élan Vital As Reflected In Florine Stettheimer’S Orphée Of The Quat-Z-Arts, Michael Neumeister Jan 2017

Bergson’S Élan Vital As Reflected In Florine Stettheimer’S Orphée Of The Quat-Z-Arts, Michael Neumeister

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Mandates Of Maternity At A Science Museum, From Should To Must, David H. Lee Jan 2017

Mandates Of Maternity At A Science Museum, From Should To Must, David H. Lee

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A pregnancy exhibit at a science museum is an opportunity to research how medical advice is communicated and interpreted. This paper is about the Beginning of Life area of an exhibition called The Amazing You at the Tampa Museum of Science and Industry, where exhibits are prescriptive as well as descriptive. Expectant women are urged to deliver full-term, normal birthweight babies, by behaving according to prescribed medical norms. This study provides ethnographic descriptions of the exhibits, as well as insights from museum visitors who were interviewed. The exhibits, which emphasize fetal rights and maternal duties, are interpreted and critiqued by …


Monstrous Allure: Polyphemus In Pompeii, Glenda Swan Jan 2017

Monstrous Allure: Polyphemus In Pompeii, Glenda Swan

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Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction, Jordan Amirkhani Jan 2017

Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction, Jordan Amirkhani

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No abstract provided.


Art Inquiries, Xvii:2, Full Issue Jan 2017

Art Inquiries, Xvii:2, Full Issue

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Shattered Landscapes: Revolutionary Ruins In The Virginian Watercolors Of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Julia A. Sienkewicz Jan 2017

Shattered Landscapes: Revolutionary Ruins In The Virginian Watercolors Of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Julia A. Sienkewicz

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The West Virginia New Deal: Blanche Lazzell’S Mural In Morgantown, Kendall J. Martin Jan 2017

The West Virginia New Deal: Blanche Lazzell’S Mural In Morgantown, Kendall J. Martin

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No abstract provided.


Insecurities: Tracing Displacement And Shelter, Elizabeth Berkowitz Jan 2017

Insecurities: Tracing Displacement And Shelter, Elizabeth Berkowitz

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Architecture And Memory In Jacques-Louis David’S Sabine Women, Heidi E. Kraus Jan 2017

Architecture And Memory In Jacques-Louis David’S Sabine Women, Heidi E. Kraus

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No abstract provided.


After Caravaggio; Caravaggio And The Creation Of Modernity, Donald Schrader Jan 2017

After Caravaggio; Caravaggio And The Creation Of Modernity, Donald Schrader

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Book review of After Caravaggio, by Michael Fried, and of Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity, by Troy Thomas.


Artemisia Gentileschi E Il Suo Tempo (Artemisia Gentileschi And Her Times), Marjorie Och Jan 2017

Artemisia Gentileschi E Il Suo Tempo (Artemisia Gentileschi And Her Times), Marjorie Och

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No abstract provided.


Cross Country: The Power Of Place In American Art, 1915-1950, Naomi Slipp Jan 2017

Cross Country: The Power Of Place In American Art, 1915-1950, Naomi Slipp

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No abstract provided.


Arts: A Guide For Conservators, Curators, And The Curious, Kari Rayner Jan 2017

Arts: A Guide For Conservators, Curators, And The Curious, Kari Rayner

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Book review of Arts: A Guide for Conservators, Curators, and the Curious, by Roy S. Berns.


Back Matter Jan 2017

Back Matter

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No abstract provided.


Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty, Susan Richmond Jan 2017

Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty, Susan Richmond

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No abstract provided.