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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"700 The arts; fine & decorative arts"”.
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Embodied reflective practice : the embodied nature of reflection-in-action
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the applicability of aspects of Schön’s (1983) theories of reflection-in-action in relation to visual art practice. Schön’s (1983) theories demonstrate that whilst they are written with design disciplines in mind, they do not extend to consider the …
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Performing Arts and Promotion of Tourism in Tanzania: A Study of The Bagamoyo and the Makuya Arts Festivals
This study examines the link between the performing arts and tourism in Tanzania and assesses the extent to which the performing arts do promote the tourism industry in Tanzania. Current practice in the tourism industry in Tanzania emphasises on nature tourism with less emphasis on cultural …
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The mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice
Since the beginning of the 20th century, contemporary art has been saturated with references to the everyday and there are a mass of available views addressing the subject by profound social thinkers such as Henri Lefebvre, Michel de Certeau and Agnes Heller. Towards the end of the 20th century and …
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Appropriation and hybridity of Taiwanese literati painting and American abstract expressionism (1949-2007)
… has not undergone any real or radical change. The Taiwanese Modem Ink-wash Painting that emerged in the 1950s is an extension of this painterly tradition. This new visual form of modern Ink-wash painting that I am presenting, is a hybrid, combining both Chinese Ink-wash painting and American …
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An investigation into the aesthetic codes and strategies used within visual art to represent and construct space, time and movement
This thesis represents an investigation of the aesthetic codes and strategies used within visual art to represent and construct space, time and movement. By examining the representation and construction of space and time through art and its intrinsic relationship with the structure of thought, this …
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The exquisite corporealities of Leibniz: performance as embodied practice of thought and documentary praxis
This document offers a theorized contextualization and analysis of the performance research I (Helen Spackman) have undertaken with and through LEIBNIZ, the fluid Live Art collective that I co-founded with Ernst Fischer in 2005. Extending Ernst's and my long-standing engagement with issues of …
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The dyslexic sublime: exploring the art-making process of dyslexic artists through the lens of the sublime
The connection between art and the Sublime, encompassing concepts like transcendence and the duality of pain and pleasure, is well-established. These formless and invisible concepts can be represented through art, yet research primarily focuses on renowned artists, with limited exploration into how …
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Visual grounded analysis : developing and testing a method for preliminary visual research
… Collecting images around a given subject or theme - for better understanding its visual traits, or for future reference - could be seen as the counterpart, in visual terms, of a literature search. However, ‘visual research’ is an expression often used rather vaguely for indicating a spectrum …
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Weaving histories: cultural memory, similarity, and curatorial approach in the interpretation of Achaemenid and Safavid Persian carpets
I was born and raised in Iran, where my father; both a merchant and a passionate collector of Persian carpets; introduced me to the intricacies of this traditional art form. From an early age, he taught me the craft and symbolism of carpet weaving. I remember visiting a carpet-making factory with …
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From the jungle : Iban performance practice, migration and identity : a practice-based PhD based on four-years of research, culminating in this thesis and a performance piece, From the jungle, May 2012
This document provides an elaboration of the critical, contextual and methodological rationale for a practice‐based PhD research project undertaken at London Metropolitan University 2009-2013. This four‐year project was an exploration in identity, space and location. It looks at the transitions, …
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Creative space - creating space - digital technology in a women's prison : a case study
Prison education has the potential to transforms offenders. It forms part of prison regimes for female offenders. At the beginning of the 21st century prison education and basic skills development are at the centre of rehabilitation debates. Computer technology has transformed human communication …
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Doing and talking : the value of video interviewing for researching and theorizing craft
This thesis delineates a problem with researching and theorizing about craft. It argues that traditional epistemologies and academic conventions have not given sufficient recognition or value to the epistemologies and lived experiences of craft practitioners, and that they have served to obscure …