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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Figurative art"”.
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Approaching the Formless: the non-figurative art of the Hindu traditions and its relevance to a contemporary arts practice
… is to gain a deeper understanding of the non-figurative imagery of the Vedic and Tantric traditions through an Arts Practice as Research methodology. The research engages with traditional arts practices, and considers whether the practice of copying sacred artworks is able to inform a …
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Figurative art in Soviet Russia circa 1921-1934 : situating the realist-anti-realist debate in the context of changing definitions of proletarian culture
… the work of so called formalist leftists and figurative artists are viewed as diametrically opposed to one another. I argue against the perpetuation of this polemic and the assumptions that inform this view. These assumptions are that the leftists produced self-referential works indicative of …
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The Speech of the World: Art and Normativity in Modernity
This dissertation explores the significance of figurative art for contemporary cultural life. It is motivated by the fact that such art is often regarded as a thing of the past and largely replaced by works born of more recent movements. I argue that figurative art bears possibilities that are not …
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A Communications Revolution? The emergence of images and writing in Early Iron Age Greece and Central Italy
… I consider the (re)emergence of writing and figurative art during the Early Iron Age in Greece and Central Italy. The two main questions I ask are: why do script(s) and figurative representations emerge in the same years over such a broad area? What can the different patterns in the use of …
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Exploring the boundaries of making two dimensional figurative artworks within Islamic law for Kuwaiti art, craft and design education
… of scripture and Islamic scholarship, reflexive art-making and qualitative interview-based research to clarify the basic rules which govern the lawfulness and unlawfulness of figurative representation in Islam, with specific reference to the Sunni tradition in Kuwait.<br/><br/>While figurative …
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Repositioning Queer Modernism: Men’s Fashion Photography and the Production of New Gay Subjectivities
… contexts, themes and techniques of modernist gay figurative art and shows how these are used by contemporary artists and fashion photographers (such as Steven Klein, Alasdair McLellan and Willy Vanderperre) to shape and influence queer narratives of gay self and subjectivity. The study takes into …
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What more is there to be said?: modern poets on visual art
… to examine the different ways in which visual art can play a role in poetry. It:<br/><br/>(i) looks at a variety of poems about representational art to assess in what ways such poems do or do not work effectively (Chapter 1: Representing Representation: Introductory Remarks);<br/>(ii) examines …
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Max Bill in Italia . Lo spazio logico dell'architettura
… of a big fresco. An analysis of the main social, artistic and cultural events throughout the twentieth century is needed in order to trace his career through his masterpieces and architectures. Some of the faces of this hypothetical mural painting are, among others, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, …
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The Aesthetics of the Modern: Art, Education, and Taste in Egypt 1903-1952
… 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 of …