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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"woodcut"”.
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A xilogravura expressionista brasileira
… of the expressionist language in the brasilian woodcut, the way it happens as a constant trend in brazilian modem print. It will be studied the varied definitions of Expressionism as language in Modem Art; the woodcut as artistic expression in History; it's evolution until german expressionist …
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Catalogação do acervo xilográfico do Programa de Pesquisa em Literatura Popular (PPLP): do manual ao virual
Woodcut is an ancestral technique which resists to the time and is renewed. It can be considered as a way of artistic expression that is being revalorized and that is conquering its space. Also, woodcut is part of popular culture and it is intrinsically linked to chapbook. In this context, the …
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Poteus
… that consists of seven sculptures, three woodcut prints, and an installation comprised of steel and ceramics. The seven sculptures vary in size and are fabricated from steel, wood, plastic, and foam. The woodcut prints are hand carved and large in scale from a printmaking standpoint. The …
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Tracing the Grain: Locating the life of the tree in the woodblock
… Whilst there is literature centred on the relief woodcut print and the resulting visual communication, there is a significant gap in the consideration of the woodblock. Usually seen as a matrix for the dissemination of written language and imagery as prints, there has been little exploration of …
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Tracing the Grain: Locating the life of the tree in the woodblock
… Whilst there is literature centred on the relief woodcut print and the resulting visual communication, there is a significant gap in the consideration of the woodblock. Usually seen as a matrix for the dissemination of written language and imagery as prints, there has been little exploration of …
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The code is not coloured: blackboxing colour, light, graphic arts and modernity
… demise of specialist fields such as drafting, woodcut, engraving, etching, letterpress, gravure, lithography, photography and web. Software will democratise graphic design processes, allowing everyone to be a graphic artist. The automation and democratisation of colour reproduction have come to …
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William Morris and Medieval Material Culture
… medieval texts, his library of manuscripts and woodcut books, and his personal experience of medieval domestic architecture were more instrumental in developing his sense of the past than were such artefacts of high culture as the great cathedrals and lavishly illustrated manuscripts, since it …
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The Bible and its modern methods: interpretation between art and text
… agenda of the greater work. In Chapter II, a woodcut portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche (1905) by Erich Heckel provides a counterpart to Abraham’s representation in Genesis 23. The German Expressionist reduced his palette to a bold black on white to memorialise the Modern father of great men. The …
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Journeys
My art is about journeys, mapping, and layering. Two archetypal images in my work are the camel and the desert. Much of this imagery was inspired by my personal journey over the Sahara and into Western Africa. On another level, this journey connects to my metaphorical journey through life. As a …
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The Portrait Prints of Mehmed II
This thesis examines four European portrait prints of Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, dated 1470 to 1493. At the center of this study is a formal and iconographical analysis that indicated all are rooted in traditional artistic conventions of both Western princely portraiture and stereotypical imagery of …
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Copyright Privileges, Intellectual Property and Image Ownership: The Role of Law in the Art of Renaissance Venice
'Copyright Privileges, Intellectual Property, and Image Ownership: The Role of Law in the Art of Renaissance Venice' examines the origins of copyright and intellectual property law in relation to the production of artwork and cartography in Early Modern Venice. The modern conception of art …