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Sisala sculpture of northern Ghana
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Alexandre Joseph Paillet (1743-1814): study of a Parisian art dealer
(1982)In the last half of the eighteenth century the Parisian art market developed modern working practices: after 1760, in response to an increased demand for art, a separate class of art dealers emerged. Probably based on the ... -
An assembly of ladies: the fifteenth-century pictorial tradition of Christine de Pizan's La cité des dames and Le trésor de la cité des dames
(1989)Christine de Pizan was one of the first vernacular authors to supervise the copying and illustration of her books in the early fifteenth-century. Writing between 1390 and 1429, she produced a vast array of works in verse ... -
Uomini Illustri: the revival of the author portrait in renaissance Florence
(1993)This study examines the revival of author portraits in the humanist book of fifteenth century Florence. With roots in the classical tradition, the placement of a portrait of the author at the beginning of a text survived ... -
The artistic and sociological imagery of the merchant-banker on the book covers of the Biccherna in Siena in the early Renaissance
(1998)Between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, the account covers of the Biccherna, Siena's foremost financial and administrative office, bore painted decorations and inscriptions. The wooden covers are deemed unique ... -
Japanese/American architecture: a century of cultural exchange
(1999)Traditional Japanese architecture has had a significant impact on the development of both the physical forms and the underlying principles of American design. Much has been written about this Japanese influence, but only ... -
Pietro Edwards and the restoration of the public pictures of Venice, 1778-1819: necessity introduced these arts
(2000)Pietro Edwards (1744--1821) served as the Director of the Restoration of the Public Pictures of Venice and dedicated his life to the preservation of Venetian art. His visionary spirit and meticulous bureaucratic administration ... -
Imago triumphalis: the function and significance of triumphal imagery for Italian Renaissance rulers
(2000)This study examines the manner in which independent rulers in fifteenth-century Italy used the motif of the Roman triumph or pompa triumphalis for self-aggrandizement and personal expression. Rulers such as Alfonso of ... -
Gathering jade and assembling splendor: the life and art of Tseng Yuho
(2001)Painter, calligrapher, teacher, and scholar, Tseng Yuho's achievements in the field of Chinese art history are many. Her contributions as artist and scholar and the development of dsui hua, the collage-like technique that ... -
Manifestations of cultural hybridity in Yosa Buson's Bunjinga: interpretations of eighteenth-century Japanese paintings
(2002)This dissertation examines Yosa Buson's (1716--1783) dated paintings of the literati style. Buson's paintings act a visual record of the cultural hybridity the artist gradually developed through his embrace of Chinese and ... -
Redesigning downtown: the fabrication of German-themed villages in small-town America
(2003)This dissertation examines the conversion of Leavenworth, Washington, and Helen, Georgia, into Germanic-themed towns in the 1960s and '70s. Although neither community had a Germanic ethnic base, both sought economic and ... -
"Your body, O Empress, is a treasure of marvelous qualities": representations of Middle Byzantine empresses (780-1081)
(2004)This dissertation concerns representations of empresses in Byzantium between 780 and 1081. Although empresses had limited power and authority in Byzantium, they constituted an essential facet of the vision and experience ... -
Retracting a diagnosis of madness: a reconsideration of Japanese eccentric art
(2006)"Eccentric art" has been a recognized category of Japanese art history since the 18th century. In an attempt to define "eccentricity" in this context, several literary studies of Japanese eccentric art are reviewed and ... -
Nicolas Cordier's Il Moro: The African as "Christian Antiquity" in Early Modern Rome
(2012-08-10)Between 1607 and 1612 Scipione Borghese, the Cardinal Nephew of Pope Paul V, commissioned a polychrome sculpture of an African man from the artist Nicolas Cordier. On the surface, Cordier's <italic>Il Moro</italic> seems ... -
The Chapel of the Madonna della Strada: A Case Study of Post-Tridentine Painting in Rome
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Northwest Impressionism, 1910-1935
(2012-09-13)Northwest Impressionist artists are among the forgotten figures in American art history. Responsible for bringing Modernism to Washington and Oregon, they dominated the art communities in Seattle and Portland from about ... -
Sanskrit Beyond Text: The Use of Bonji (Siddham) in Mandala and Other Imagery in Ancient and Medieval Japan
(2012-09-13)This thesis features selected examples of Japanese art from the Heian period to the Kamakura period that carry within their artistic representation the use of Sanskrit characters. As such, it is about the dissemination of ... -
Indigenizing Southern California Indian Basket Studies: Unpacking Issues of "Mission" and "Tradition"
(2012-09-13)This thesis provides a much needed examination of early and contemporary basket weaving practices in Southern California from an indigenous perspective and through an art historical lens. It deconstructs outdated ... -
The True, New, Newer, Not-So-New, and Blue Woman Onstage in American Painting, 1880-1940
(2013-04-17)Much information concerning the trajectory of the New Woman in American society can be gathered by studying paintings of theatrical scenes centered on female performers in New York City from the years of the Victorian era ... -
Cézanne Becoming Cézanne: The Influence of Stendhal on the Painter's Theory and Practice after 1878
(2013-04-17)This thesis analyzes Cézanne's paintings from around the date 1878 and the impact of the text by Stendhal, L'Histoire de la Peinture en Italie, on Cézanne's theory and practice. Interpreting Cézanne's paintings from 1878 ...