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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"VMFA"”.
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THE ENGRAVED HEAD MOTIFS ON CUPISNIQUE STYLE VESSELS: INNOVATION AND APPROPRIATION IN EARLY ANDEAN ART
… of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (henceforth VMFA). The purpose of this dissertation is to document and analyze the Cupisnique engraved head motifs and to argue that these motifs reflect the influence of early Formative Ecuador ceramics on the later coastal Cupisnique as well as on the …
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Ancient West Mexican Sculpture: A Formal and Stylistic Analysis of Eleven Figures in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has in its collection eleven ancient West Mexican ceramic sculptures. Given that the VMFA's West Mexican Ceramic figure collection has not been included in any extensive study, this thesis serves to provide a critical analysis of these figures through a …
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Dialogue in the Galleries: Developing a Tour about Contemporary Art for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
… for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, Virginia, using artworks selected from the museum’s twenty-first-century art collection that relate to the theme hybridity. This project contributes to the museum studies field by exemplifying how gallery tours can stimulate …
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SLEEP PATTERNS AND WELL-BEING OF PERSONNEL IN AN OPERATIONAL USMC SQUADRON
… participants (53 males, 16 females) from VMFA-311 located at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California were enrolled in the study. Data were collected over the course of six months utilizing wearable devices (Oura rings) and questionnaires. The data analyses were hindered by low levels …
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Art and the Human Condition: Incorporating Visual Analysis of Artworks into a Undergraduate Pre-Medicine Curriculum
… devloped tour as well as feedback provided by a VMFA Education Department staff member.