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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Primitive art"”.
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From Rio to Romola: Morality and Didacticism in the English Appreciation of Early Italian Art 1836-1863
This thesis takes as its starting point the marked rise in interest in the earlier schools of Italian painting in the English art world during the 1840s. Over the course of this decade the study and collection of so-called 'primitive' painting was transformed from a marginal pursuit to an aspect of …
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Facets of the Crystalline: Study of a Motif 1900-2020
In 1908, the German art historian, Wilhelm Worringer (1881-1965) published Abstraktion und Einfühlung (Abstraction and Empathy), a book that would have far reaching consequences. He claimed that the history of art alternates between inorganic and organic forms; from ‘abstraction’ or ‘primitive’ art …
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Constructing identity : collecting Oceanic art/artefacts in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Museum Studies at Massey University
… collection of historic and contemporary Oceanic art forms by private collectors in New Zealand. Exploration into a recent increase in both market promotion and private collectors incorporating Oceanic art forms into their contemporary fine art collections is analysed in this research. The study …