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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Symbolism in art"”.
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Vessels
My artwork serves as a means of exploration of ideas and of representations of experience. I choose to deal with symbols because, as carriers of meaning in the context of various cultures, symbols afford an exploration of the varied ways in which meaning is made. Use of symbols from diverse …
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Objects and interiors
… vacuums, lanterns and irons because they are part of my personal world and they have an implied human presence. I see them not only as figurative, but also as feminine. Their general shapes/forms, complicated mechanisms, implied energy and associations with traditionally assigned feminine work …
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Trace and the makers of meaning
… repository of evidence from natural forces and things that humans have created or changed. This thesis considers trace as material and nonmaterial evidence, remnants, marks, vestiges of events past and forgotten or remembered. How can a past that is evidenced only by its traces be read within a …
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Painting in Stone: The Symbolism of Colored Marbles in the Visual Arts and Literature from Antiquity until the Enlightenment
… been used throughout the Mediterranean as a building material, architectural veneer, sculptural material, even a support for painting since at least the second century BC. This thesis examines the poetics and symbolism of marbles, as a medium more than a material, over many centuries along three …