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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"20th century art"”.
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Merging 20th Century Art Music and Pre-recorded Sound: 17 Pieces
… and instrumental music, using developments in 20th century western art music to define its context including the compositional practices of Arnold Schoenberg (d.1951), Claude Debussy (d.1918), Nikolai Roslavets (d.1944), Luigi Nono (d.1990), Iannis Xenakis (d.2001) and Natasha Barrett (1972-). …
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Order and chaos : articulating support, housing transformation
… and chaos, as a formal and social phenomenon, particularly as it relates to housing. The work stems from an attraction to the messy vitality we find in certain environments (such as back alleys), and searches for an understanding of the relationship that exists between the chaos and the …
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What is seen: Challenging the five-sense hierarchy through performance and textile art
… dimensions of the senses. This has been partly based on a critique of the privileging of sight over the other senses in western thought and culture. This practice-based research project takes the critique as a point of departure to explore the impact of traditional western …
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The Multivalence of the Image Within Baroque Painting
… effects of the historic source on contemporary artists and how their experience informs their own practical responses. This outlines and acknowledges existing research and arts practices, in order to build a foundation of textual research that supports the practical research process. The …
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Graphic sensations: Vogue and the politics of the body, 1930-1945
… during two tumultuous decades before the mid-century. In the 1930s, images of the female body, as well as the composition of the page, radically changed, as snapshots, streamlined design, and modern dress reform energized the look and experience of reading Vogue. As the next decade brought …
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The politics of display: identity and state at the San Juan Print Biennial, 1970-1981
… (2004 - Present). As the Caribbean’s first art biennial, the creation of the BSJ was not only innovative, but also a strategic, bold project on the part of its organizers in their attempt to insert Puerto Rican graphic media production more forcefully into Latin American art history and in a …
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Pioneers of modern art in Malta
… attempts to outline the beginnings of Modem Art in Malta in the fields of painting and sculpture. In the process, the main pioneers who brought about this cultural change are identified and their output is analysed in terms of their individual and group efforts. Modem Art in Malta cannot be …
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Liberecké krematorium a osobnost architekta Rudolfa Bitzana
Bakalářská práce "Liberecké krematorium a osobnost architekta Rudolfa Bitzana" se zabývá budovou krematoria v Liberci i osobou jejího tvůrce, architekta Rudolfa Bitzana. Cílem práce je představit realizaci projektu této stavby v kontextu doby jejího vzniku. Zaměřuje se také na kulturně-historické …
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The Modern Formulation of Chinese Art History and the Building of a Nation in Early Twentieth-Century China
<p>At the dawn of the twentieth century, the Chinese formulation of art history underwent dramatic changes. It moved away from the traditional narratives that did not follow a strict chronology to adopt the Western linear model which emphasizes progress and national identity. Based on the premodern …
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Gaddis's Recognitions : The Major Theme
… The search explores three principal realms--art, religion, and interpersonal relationships--frequently resulting in profound recognitions. The most pervasive discovery is the counterfeit nature of reality, which may result in either cheapening or perfecting of the rarely perceived genuine. …