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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Study of art"”.
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A Study of Art Therapy in Identity Exploration and Self-Efficacy
<p>This paper illustrates the impact of an 8-week art therapy regimen on the perceived self-efficacy of participants seeking dual diagnosis treatment for the Substance Use Disorders (SUDs). It was hypothesized that pre- and post-test results of the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE), the State-Trait …
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Digital Humanities: a bridge between computer vision and study of art
… Computing to Digital Humanities, the development of digital technologies has brought many possibilities to the Humanities disciplines, including the exploration of painting research through deep learning. Such research currently focuses primarily on improving algorithmic performance, mainly …
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Increasing multimedia literacy in composition for multilingual writers: a case study of art analysis
<p>"This multiple case study/critical ethnography/autoethnography was done in two composition classes for multilingual writers at EWU in order to explore ways to foster multimodal literacies in English Language Learners (ELL's). "Digital composing environments force writers, readers, and texts to …
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A Study of Art Unions in the United States of America in the Nineteenth Century
During the first half of the nineteenth century in many cities in Germany, England and the United States, free and public galleries were opened to encourage the purchase of art works. Some sponsoring organizations were controlled by artists and some by interested lay persons. All of the sponsors …
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Normative Study of Art by Children on Autism Spectrum Age 2-14 Years: A Pilot Study
<p>When applying a modified Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale as an assessment for the drawings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there will be distinct patterns found in the art of children with autism as compared to data on a “normal” population. This pilot study asked 18 …
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A diffusion tensor imaging and neurocognitive study of ART-naïve and ART-treated children in Cape Town
… are still no diagnostic criteria for a spectrum of neurocognitive disorders (ND) secondary to HIV infection for children. The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) proposes guidelines for assessment of HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) in HIV infected adults. A cross-sectional clinical …
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Art as Occupation: A Phenomenological Study of Art as a Means of Self-Expression for an Individual Recovering from Severe Physical, Sexual, and Ritual Abuse
<p>This phenomenological study presents an in-depth exploration of one individual's retrospective account of using art over approximately ten years in Occupational Therapy (OT) intervention while recovering from severe abuse with a diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). After an …
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The Effectiveness of the Art Therapy Process in the Survival of Suicide Aftermath
<p>This study of art therapy occurred with six halfway house residents in the aftermath of a suicide which took place in a residential halfway house for adults recovering from schizophrenia. The residents that were left in the suicide aftermath were able to non—verbally explore their feelings …
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Making Sense of Art as Information
This study uses sense-making perspective to uncover and evaluate art-making and display processes for the purpose of developing art-as-information as an area of interest for Library and Information Science scholarship. Findings derived by examining assumptions about information, art, the work of …
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Using visual culture to address gender expectations in middle school art education: Visual art curriculum design based on the Manga Ranma1/2
… identify and explore approaches to middle school art curricula that address the cultural expectations of gender in visual culture media. I use images from the Japanese comic Manga: Ranma1/2 to develop units of instruction with goals of engaging students in relating the study of art to their visual …
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A fragment of the Berlin Wall in the Centre de commerce mondial de Montréal : notes toward a theory of the public artefact at the "end of history"
The contemporary critical art practices of situational aesthetics and site specificity have affected and transformed the production and reception of monumental public art. This thesis examines the placement of a fragment of the Berlin Wall in the 'Centre de commerce mondial de Montreal' in light of …
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The Relationship Between Art in Schoool Curriculum and Adolescent Depressive Tendencies
<p>This paper presents a study of art and its relationship to depressive tendencies in an adolescent population in a public high school (specifically ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders). From the sample tested, profiles were made to compare: participants that take art and like art, those …
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THE EDUCATION OF AN ARTIST: THE AMERICAN YEARS OF JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, 1738-1774
<p>The American years of John Singleton Copley have been all but ignored by earlier biographers. Rather, Copley's paintings have received the bulk of historical and critical attention. This study examines the artist's life and work within the context of his Colonial education. Education remains …
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Decolonizing visualities: changing cultural paradigms, freeing ourselves from Western-centric epistemes.
In this study, I hope to challenge the absolute belief in academia, which assumes that the perception of reality or visualities; in terms of culture, nature, truth and so on, by definition should be understood according to the Western philosophical character and genealogy as developed from a …
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Art Therapy Based Outcome Study for Assessment of Adolescent Acute Care Treatment: A Progrtam Designed for Acute Care Adolescent Patients
… Services at McAuley Behavioral Health Service of St. Mary’s Hospital, formally named McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute, seeks $7,690.00 from the San Francisco Foundation to establish an outcome study of art therapy services offered as part of their comprehensive mental health program. The …
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Roberto Valcárcel: Renaming Repression and Rehearsing Liberation in Contemporary Bolivian Art
This study analyses the invisible forms of repression in the Bolivian art system by interpreting Roberto Valcárcel’s artwork in the light of Herbert Marcuse’s ideas on repression and liberation as expounded in Eros and Civilization. It considers, on the one hand, Valcárcel’s artwork in relation to …
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Vocal health and repertoire for the dramatic mezzo-soprano : a suggested course of study
… the Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano: A Suggested Course of Study brings together the fields of vocal pedagogy and performance. This curriculum guide focuses on repertoire for the Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano, ages 18-30. The guide includes selections from the genres of art song (beginning, intermediate, and …
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Antiretroviral therapy use during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in South African women
… Studies suggest antiretroviral therapy (ART) use during pregnancy may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Given the large numbers of pregnancies exposed to ART, better understandings of potential associations with commonly used ART regimens and adverse pregnancy outcomes is …
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