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Reevaluating "Peripheral Sources" : The Impact of David Alfaro Siqueiros and José Clemente Orozco on Jackson Pollock (thesis)
In the 2000 biopic titled Pollock starring Ed Harris, a photographic reproduction of José Clemente Orozco's Prometheus is prominently displayed in Jackson Pollock's studio (Figure 1). Harris, who also directed the movie, ...
Divine Intervention: Visionary Imagery and Authority in the Convent of San Domenico of Pisa (thesis)
My thesis forces viewers to reconsider the purpose of images in the convent of San Domenico of Pisa. While scholars such as Ann Roberts argue that the founder of the convent, Chiara Gambacorta, commissioned images of ...
Signs of Yuan Dynasty Imperialism in Tibet: Decoding the Fourteenth-Century Painted Representations of Textiles at Shalu Monastery (thesis)
Two primary questions guide my thesis. First, why did the Mongols, one of the most powerful empires of Asia ruling Tibet at the time (1279-1368), not establish their own aesthetic or simply import one of the well established ...
Triumph and Tradition in Veronese's Venice: Political Propaganda in the Doge's Palace
Works such as the Triumph of Venice seem only ornate, skillfully painted images of allegory and overblown state glory. Yet upon further inspection, the relationship of this work to the Paradise connects the power of the ...
Broken Art: The Impact of Nazi Cultural Policy on Art
Every element of the Nazi Third Reich focused on collective strategy and conformity. Hitler reorganized the military, the government, and culture itself to create his new vision of a unified Germanic people. . . . As a ...
Land, Women, and Power: The Bayeux Tapestry and the Secular Epic Tradition
As an artifact and representation of the Anglo-Norman period of English history, the Bayeux Tapestry stands unparalleled. The only surviving work of its kind, the Bayeux Tapestry provides information for scholars with ...
The Birth of the Modern Book: Re-reading Vollard's Livres d'artistes
Ambroise Vollard certainly treated all his book projects as works of art. He was tremendously involved in all his book projects, from choosing the literary artist and visual artist to editing the final appearance of the ...
The Photographic Image: New High Art of the Twentieth Century
The production of the photograph, by exposing the negative film to light through the aperture of the camera can be qualified as the "art" of photography; mastering the "art" has everything to do with the process of creation. ...
Pope Nicholas IV and the Feast of the Assumption: Style as Propaganda
In 1288, Pope Nicholas IV took advantage of the popularity of the Feast of the Assumption among pilgrims and centered his program of patronage on the two churches involved in the procession: St. John Lateran and Santa ...
A Church Triumphant: The Evolution of the Austrian Baroque from Solari 's Salzburg Cathedral to Fischer von Erlach's Karlskirche
Political events can directly affect both the development and dissemination of artistic styles. War not only has the power to interrupt the flow of ideas, but it can also affect the very
ideas themselves. The Thirty Years ...