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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Modern -- 20th century"”.
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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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The roles of language in selected novels of Thomas Berger.
The fiction of contemporary American novelist Thomas Berger demonstrates the ways language may alter--or define--reality. This study investigates some of the roles language plays in selected novels. In Neighbors (1980), language acts as an antagonist, defeating the protagonist of the book, Earl …
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An Experimental Investigation of the Movement Known as Op Art
It was the purpose of this study (1) to explore, analytically 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 …
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Uncivilized women and erotic strategies of border zones or demythologizing the romance of conquest
… women, one who lived through the early twentieth century movement for Irish independence and the other who is her great niece, that have both been silenced and sexually controlled by colonialism and Irish Catholicism. The fifth and final chapter examines Lucha Corpi's Delia's Song about a young …
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Between memory and history: Shimon Attie's art of remembrance
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, American-Jewish artist Shimon Attie traveled to the former Jewish quarter of Berlin and wondered “Where are all the missing people?” With this question in mind, Attie embarked on a two year project that involved converting black and white archival photographs …
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The medicalization of oral aesthetics: an application of structuration theory
… show two distinct periods within the last century when oral aesthetics have been medicalized in the United States. Evidence of turn-taking behavior among the agents is noted as well as the relationship of technology and technological language to the process. A model for future testing is …
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Pioneers of modern art in Malta
… idioms that had been around for almost half a century. There is a historical explanation to all this. From the time of Aristotle down to the present day, the standard philosophical answer to the question of what art is, has been imitation. Malta is no exception to this. Historically, the …