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Showing 1 to 20 of 281 for “"visual art"”.
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Reproduction of white privilege in visual art education
… as found in six separate journals of art education over a five-year period. An exposition of the current literature of art education for sites of reproduction of colorblind and classist ideology is then situated in two case studies of art students. The paper closes with a discussion of …
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Between Selves and Others: Exploring Strategic Approaches within Visual Art
This body of research investigates how visual artists express ideas or meanings about Otherness and issues of belonging in their art. The focus of this study is on women artists with an (East) Asian diasporic background; however, the context of the inquiry includes other American and European …
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Color, Line, and Narrative: Visual Art Techniques in Lev Tolstoy’s Fiction
… painting, sculpture, and drawing, and how the visual nature of his work shifts in connection with his philosophy. I identify two visual extremes in Tolstoy’s art and thought, the juxtaposition of which sets up two ends of a spectrum upon which I measure the aesthetic gradations of War and …
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Always follow the instructions: rules and rule following in visual art
The thesis examines the role of instructions in art by developing a theory of a text machine. This machine is explored through a discussion of its rules and instructions and its codes and inscriptions. The text machine is defined independently of particular instances of its making, of specific …
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Cover Your Eyes: Considering Empathetic Response in Reviewing Visual Art Conveying Trauma
It is no longer enough for the artist to rely on pain to [inspire compassion or] simulate art… An audience is necessary with the purpose of engaging spectators in the entire process of suffering along with the artist. —Dana Milstein. In the process of considering art, especially images of pain and …
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Living with contradictions: re-reading the representation of hybridity in visual art
… practice-based PhD investigates how photographic arts can subvert existing visual stereotypes of otherness by exploring how the concept of hybridity undermines black and white notions of identity. Alongside an autobiographical visual art practice, using my own mixed heritage (Sri Lanka and …
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What more is there to be said?: modern poets on visual art
… sets out to examine the different ways in which visual art can play a role in poetry. It:<br/><br/>(i) looks at a variety of poems about representational art to assess in what ways such poems do or do not work effectively (Chapter 1: Representing Representation: Introductory Remarks);<br/>(ii) …
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Total Artifice: Neo-Gothic Literary and Visual Art in Britain 1750-1789
Art is sometimes compared to language. In this dissertation I argue that we have lost the syntax of neo-Gothic art. The internal movement, direction, and coherence of eighteenth-century Gothic art is no longer visible; its aesthetic force is drained, deadened by the weight of nineteenth-century …
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Art and Memory: An Examination of the Learning Benefits of Visual-Art Exposure
<p>Past research has indicated that art education can be beneficial to students' education, possibly through beneficial effects related to learning and memory. Although some prior research has explored effects of art education for children, relatively little research has investigated beneficial …
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SCREENING THE APOCALYPSE: ZOMBIES, VISUAL ART AND THE GROTESQUE IN THE AFTERMATH OF SOCIAL TRAUMA
… explores the zombie’s status and function as an artistic traumatic grotesque within the 2000s. Coined as a grotesque “stream” by art historian Frances S. Connelly, the traumatic grotesque interrupts established visual norms by presenting contemporary social anxieties in monstrous form. Though a …
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The Divided Seal: Reading a History of Signatures in Visual Art through Derrida’s Signature Event Context
… thesis looks at the function of signatures in visual art using the theory of Jacques Derrida and a series of paradigmatic historical examples. Specifically, it departs from ‘Signature Event Context’ (SEC) to establish signature outside the idiom of visual art as a social process. Having …
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Swimming Upstream: Small Visual Art Organisations (SVAOs) in the Midst of the Ethical Turn, 1990-2016
… of the emergence and development of Small Visual Arts Organisations (SVAOs) in various parts of the world from the 1990s to the present. I define SVAOs as structurally small, non-profit spaces that are dedicated both to the production and to the dissemination of contemporary art. They are …
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Student Perceptions of Engagement and the Relationship to Student Perceptions of Teacher in the Visual Art Classroom
… and students’ perceptions of the teacher in the visual art classroom. The researcher used social constructivism as a lens through which to explore this topic. The theory of constructivism focuses on active exploration and learning about ideas of personal significance, where the teacher plays an …
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Pathway from Art to Human Flourishing: Exploring the Roles of Immersion and Interest in Engaging with Visual Art?
In recent years, the impact of arts and humanities on human well-being has been extensively studied. The present paper focuses on virtual gallery experiences, which have gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the relationship between viewing virtual artworks and well-being …
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Curating Curiosity: an exploration of visual art experiences and self-identity formation through the voices of young children
… effect on children’s lives. In a climate where arts education funding is being cut and awareness of children’s voice and rights is growing in strength, this PhD seeks to explore experiences of visual arts and perceptions of self-identity from a child’s perspective with the aim of informing adult …
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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 INFECTION CONTROL ON VISUAL ART INSTALLATIONS IN HOSPITALS WITH PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
… the impact of COVID-19 infection control on visual artwork in pediatric hospitals and hospitals caring for pediatric patients. The study involved five hospitals in three southern America states and addressed visual artwork and art installations. The researcher administered an internet-based …
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I love Turtles! A Visual art practice-based exploration of the emergent endangered sea turtles of the KwaZulu-Natal Coast
… of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Visual and Performing Arts, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2024.
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