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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Design and Decorative Arts"”.
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The Sources, Rhetoric, and Gender of Artistic Dress
This study of clothing designed by artists covers Western Europe between 1890 and 1912. The work argues for the consideration of artists' attempts to create beautiful clothing outside the fashion industry as a pan-European movement rather than an individual or regional interest. An examination of …
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Constructing the Soviet Hearth: Home, Citizenship and Socialism in Russia, 1956--1964
… upon unpublished archival documents, newspapers and magazines, propaganda brochures and official handbooks, fiction, and memoirs. Many of the sources relate specifically to the city of Leningrad to provide a distinct local perspective.
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Conservative Modernism at the 1937 International Exposition in Paris
… to characterize French modernization as backward and interwar French society and culture as stagnant and even reactionary, I illustrate how the organizers' focus on human production and its representation in a conservative modernism was a valid response to both the economic and cultural realities …
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The Giant Walkthrough Brain Project: Interactive Medical Education for the Individual, Classroom, and Beyond
… technological advancements provide many physical and virtual techniques of displaying information. Inspired by Joseph Bogen's idea of the Giant Walkthrough Brain, this thesis discusses the creation of three innovative methods that allow us to visualize and explore human brain anatomy. First is the …
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The Beat's Interior
… It explores the relationship between music and architecture. Influenced by scientific theories of cosmic space and the philosophical ideas of space and rhythm, this installation becomes an immersive experience within a constructed form. Original video is mapped onto the skin of the dome …
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Design of a Youth Electoral Audit
… to be 20% lower than those born between 1945 and 1959. Young adults were more than twice as likely to cast a ballot during the first election in which they were eligible in the 1960s when compared with 2004. Low youth voter turnout is concerning because electoral participation is an indicator …
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Divine Words: Scenic Design from Conception to Execution
This thesis is a study and description of the process of designing the scenic elements of Saying Grace by Robert Smythe, an adaptation and translation of the play Divinas Palabras by Ramón María del Valle-Inclán written for Temple University Theater. The body outlines the process the author took in …
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Effects of Design Features on Visitors' Behavior in a Museum Setting
Effects of Design Features on Visitors' Behavior in a Museum Setting Ting-Jui Chang, M.A. in Interaction Design The study aims to define possible interplay between display design and visitors' behavior in a museum setting. It asks, "What environmental features related to design have impacts on …