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Showing 1 to 20 of 182 for “"Works of art"”.
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Group and Individual Identification of Abstract Works of Art
… versus individual performance to a new type of induction task; examines effects of ambiguity, information, and instruction on task performance and confidence; and tests the task against the social combination model of a theory of collective induction. Four-person groups and four independent …
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Make me yours: the psychodynamics of seduction through works of art
… his later interest in photography and the work of Sophie Calle, it could be argued that seduction is also an attribute of the visual arts. But what makes a work of art seductive? My research is concerned with the relational and psychodynamic aspects of the encounter between the work of the art …
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Rare earth : geomantic formulae for the production of works of art
This thesis describes the development of my study of the influence of chinese geomancy on my art. The emphasis is on art forms created for the transportation of my mind to the audience within encompassing space and sculpted forms. The viewer interacts with the experience of the environmental event …
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Preventive conservation of works of art in historic buildings : assessment and modelling
Most of the degradation of works of art in historic buildings is caused by unfavourable indoor climate conditions. The most important works of art receive invasive conservation treatment, called direct action, but this treatment is very expensive. To avoid invasive conservation treatments and …
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The works of art within the Church of St Francis of Assisi, Valletta
This study aims to provide an art historical analysis of the works of art present within the church of St Francis of Assisi in Valletta. Although the works have already been tackled by numerous scholars, so far, a holistic study of the works within the church has not yet been undertaken. The church …
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The influence of verbal cues on young children's categorization of works of art
This study examined the influence of verbal cues on children's categorization of art work. The children, four, five, and six year olds, performed a matching task showing the influence of the verbal cues. These verbal cues represent the type of classification used by experts in the art field: style, …
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Critiquing the Masters: Applying 3D Production Lighting Principles to Famous 2D Works of Art
This thesis demonstrates the effects of applying lighting principles developed for 3D computer graphics production to well-known historical 2D paintings. The visual analysis and cinematographic direction is derived from the iterative review-critique- review process used in production of 3D animated …
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Reaching for Understanding: Exploring the Potential of Four-Year-Old Children to Understand Works of Art
… children might be able to respond and interpret works of art. Informed by Jean Piaget's and Lev Vygotsky's theories of cognitive development, and building on Micheal Parsons' and Abigail Housen's theories of aesthetic development, the study investigated whether or not four-year-olds are able to …
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A Description of Children's Verbal Responses to Works of Art in Selected Grades One Through Twelve
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Off the Orbit: Works of Art for Long-Term Space Travellers. Outline of a novel artistic practice
This research combines the arts with human spaceflight. The aim of the investigation is to identify the aesthetic parameters for display in works of art on extended crewed missions. The study claims that, within the research area of human spaceflight, novel working methods should be developed that …
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Works of Art, Arts for Work: Caroline Wogan Durieux, the Works Progress Administration, and the U.S. State Department
The New Deal was one of the largest government programs implemented in the twentieth century. Yet only recently have historians begun to explore the impact of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) on American culture by studying its smaller programs such as the Federal Writer's, Theatre, and Art …
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An investigation of the theological questions raised by twentieth-century works of art which make use of the iconography of the crucifixion
… from an observation that the iconography of the crucifixion was being used by artists in the twentieth century for purposes beyond its usage in earlier centuries. As an active member of a Christian Community this appeared to have implications for a Christian understanding of the …
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The Book as a Cultural Object: Exploring the Symbolism of Artist's Books
<p>Contemporary artists books developed as part of the Conceptual art movement of the 1960s and 1970s. This is a complex, intellectual art form, and in many instances these works of art do not necessarily resemble a traditional book. Artists use the cultural symbolism associated with reading, …
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The pedagogic significance of the aesthetic dimension in the education of black children
The aim of this study is to describe different works of art in order to establish the educational objectives for each type of art as a school subject. An introductory theoretical background of works of art is provided with specific reference to traditional, semiotic and marketing values of art …
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Eye of the beholder: Children respond to beauty in art.
The purpose of this study was to determine if beauty was important to elementary age children when exploring and making aesthetic judgements about works of art and to determine the criteria elementary students used in judging beauty in works of art. This study also explored beauty as a concept that …
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Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Subjekt : der Stellenwert des Ästhetischen im Kontext der Geschichtsphilosophie der kritischen Theorie
… T. W. Adorno’s jointly composed essay “Dialectic of Enlightenment” and, on the other hand, from Adorno’s fragmentary essay “Aesthetic Theory”, which was published posthumously.In order to implement such a comparison, critical theory’s philosophy of history was firstly examined, such as it is …
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La committenza artistica femminile nella Sardegna medievale (X-XIV secolo)
… Sardinia written sources testify to the presence of a significant number of women associated with the commissioning of works of art. Female names appear in relation to artistic patronage, like architectural, pictorial, sculptural and sumptuary works. These clients probably were part of the …
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Educational programming in American art museums : the balance of studio art and art criticism in programs designed for school children.
Art museums are dynamic institutions committed to educating the visitor about the works of art and about the museums themselves. The methods for achieving these goals with respect to the student visitor have changed significantly over time due to the philosophies and teaching methods of art …
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Intracorporeal Entanglement, and other provocations of the gestating body
To gestate is to exist in a mode of corporeal ambiguity. The gestating woman is intimately entwined with another, embodying a condition of physiological and philosophical entanglement as she brings another body, another being, into existence from within the interior of her body. In this research I …
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Intracorporeal Entanglement, and other provocations of the gestating body
To gestate is to exist in a mode of corporeal ambiguity. The gestating woman is intimately entwined with another, embodying a condition of physiological and philosophical entanglement as she brings another body, another being, into existence from within the interior of her body. In this research I …
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