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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Art, Modern"”.
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Ancient Art, Modern Tech: Experiencing the Digital Reinvention of the Mogao Grottoes
… China is the greatest repository of Buddhist art in the world. It has long faced a range of threats from natural disasters to imperialistic plunder. But now it must confront the greatest challenge to its continued existence: modern-day tourism. The sheer volume of visitors seeking a direct …
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Making art modern : the first decade of Vie des arts magazine and its contribution to the discourse on the visual arts in Quebec during the 1950's and 1960's
… the contribution of Quebec's longest-running art periodical, Vie des Arts, to the discourse surrounding the visual arts in Quebec. The period under analysis, from 1956 to 1966, signaled the completion of Quebec's accession to social and cultural modernity and the events which took place during …
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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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English Cottage Style Homes in America: Expressions of Architectural, Technological and Social Innovation
… its medieval precedent, was also an influence on modernism. The fluidity of their smooth, white, concrete stucco exteriors and the simplicity of their scrubbed and spare interiors stood in contrast to the frivolity and heavy ornamentation of popular Victorian styles. Consequently, English Cottages …
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The Aesthetics of the Modern: Art, Education, and Taste in Egypt 1903-1952
… production, and consumption of the category of modern art in Egypt during the first half of the twentieth century. It is structured as a series of four case studies, each offering a rereading of a moment that has been repeatedly highlighted in the literature as a turning point in the development …
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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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Art Across Borders: Japanese Artists in the United States, 1895-1955
From the 1880s to the early 1920s, hundreds of artists left Japan for the United States. The length of their stays varied from several months to several decades. Some had studied art in Tokyo, but others became interested in art after working in California. Some became successful in the American …
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The Dialectical Object: John Heartfield 1915 - 1933
… of the National Socialists in Germany, John Heartfield fled Berlin for Prague, leaving behind the significant intervention in contemporary cultural and social discourses that his photomontages for the Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung comprised. While this body of work, produced from 1930, has been …
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An Experimental Investigation of the Movement Known as Op Art
… and aesthetically, the recent movement in the art world known as Op art; (2) to investigate the principles of perception which are utilized in such work; and (3) to produce in painting and construction media examples of these optical gymnastics.
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Understanding Modern Art.
… as to the everyday functional values of modern art and its purpose in relation to the betterment of individual and group living. The inability to present reasonable and concrete factors in a saleable capacity instigated a desire to conduct research in the interest of self enlightenment …
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A correlative study of the anti-literal in modern art, music, and literature
… as a way to enjoyment of the anti-literal in modern art.<sup>1</sup> The work of art is regarded as the locus of various cultural factors--a live product of the vital energies of its age and itself a source as well as a reflection. The analysis of these cultural factors lays no claim to …
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Stitches on Display: Embroidery Exhibited by the Museum of Modern Art
… the materiality and visuality of the embroidered artworks by Marguerite Zorach and Elaine Reichek, this thesis analyzes the material acknowledgement, or lack thereof, of the embroidery medium in both the artists' own motivations and how the Museum of Modern Art represents and displays modern …
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Public Art Between Authoritarianism and Democracy (The Case of the Maidan Protest in Ukraine)
… explores the spatial organization and public art of Kyiv’s Independence Square to address broader social and political realities after the Maidan protests of 2013-14. Using theories of power and ideology, this study demonstrates how the discourse on public art reflects the political situation …
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Secreted Behind Closed Doors : Rethinking Cather's Adultery Theme and "Unfurnished" Style in My Mortal Enemy
… at the time of the novels' reception and in more modern criticism has led to a rather narrow assessment of the novels' more ambiguous scenes and an overwhelming hostility toward its protagonist, obscuring the existence of other, more positive interpretations. I provide a close study of the novels' …
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