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Swoboda, Sylvia. "Symbolism and Art." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2034.
Full textLeyva-Perez, Irina. "Alchemy and Symbolism in the Work of Carlos Estevez." FIU Digital Commons, 2012. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/740.
Full textAlexandri, Alexandra. "Gender symbolism in Late Bronze Age Aegean glyptic art." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251901.
Full textd'Esterre, Elaine, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Feminist poetics: Symbolism in an emblematic journey reflecting self and vision." Deakin University. School of Literary and Communication Studies, 1999. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050902.123532.
Full textLi, Gregory Kenneth, and 李群雄. "Tantric symbolism in Vajrayogini imagery." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45166225.
Full textCrosby, Nancy A. "Shifting reality /." Online version of thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11760.
Full textWaltz, Connie Lou. "Sources and iconography of the figural sculpture of the Church of the Holy Cross at Aght'amar." Connect to resource, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1228504313.
Full textSnyder, Cara L. "The Christ child as Salvator Mundi a reexamination of the devotional image in Germany, 1450-1550 /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1957.
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Peacock, Judith Ann. "Ecclesiastical vestments as works of art : intertextuality, meaning and design." Thesis, Roehampton University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324165.
Full textHaynes, Dawn. "The symbolism and significance of the butterfly in ancient Egypt." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79920.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Ancient Egyptian art and artefacts reveal a great deal about the culture and beliefs of this civilization. It was a civilization steeped in myth, symbolism and imagery. Tomb art has been extensively analysed and studied in an effort to reveal the essential way of life of the Ancient Egyptians, their religious beliefs and their philosophy of life. It is agreed that symbolism was an inherent part of their lives and beliefs. They looked to nature and observed the behaviour of animals, plants, the environment and also the weather to attempt to rationalize the world they lived in. Their close observation of behaviour patterns in nature resulted in a complex hierarchy of gods and goddesses who were accountable for successful living. Among the animal kingdom, certain animals gained such distinction that they were linked to certain deities. The scarab beetle is one such creature. Insects featured variously in their art, their myths and their belief in magic. While the scarab beetle is possibly the most documented of the insects, other insects such as the bee, the fly, the locust and the praying mantis have all been investigated. The butterfly features frequently in Ancient Egyptian art and yet has not been the subject of in-depth study. This investigation attempts to examine the symbolism and significance of the butterfly in Ancient Egypt. Richard Wilkinson (1994) has provided a framework for analysing symbolism in Egyptian art. He suggests nine aspects which can be examined in order to reveal symbolism. In this study, a selection of art from various dynasties is systematically examined according to these nine aspects. Each art work portrays the butterfly. Through this careful examination it is hoped that a clearer indication of the role of the butterfly in Ancient Egypt will be obtained. Having discussed all nine aspects for each of the sources, a discussion and various conclusions follow which look at the trends which appear. Certain patterns emerge which indicate that the butterfly does indeed play a significant role as a symbol in Ancient Egypt.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Antieke Egiptiese kuns en artefakte openbaar baie oor die kultuur en oortuigings van hierdie beskawing. Dit was 'n beskawing ryk aan mites, simboliek en beelde. Grafkuns is deeglik ontleed en bestudeer in 'n poging om die wesenlike lewenswyse van die antieke Egiptenare, hul godsdienstige oortuigings en lewensfilosofie te openbaar. Daar word saamgestem dat simboliek 'n inherente deel van hul lewens en oortuigings uitgemaak het. Hulle het op die natuur gesteun en die gedrag van diere, plante, die omgewing en ook die weer waargeneem om te probeer om hul lewenswêreld te verklaar. Hul noukeurige waarneming van natuurverskynsels het tot 'n komplekse hiërargie van gode en godinne gelei wat vir 'n suksesvolle lewe verantwoordelik was. Sekere diere in die diereryk was so besonders dat hulle met sekere gode en godinne verbind was. Die skarabee kewer is een so 'n skepsel. Insekte verskyn onder andere in hul kuns, hul mites en hul geloof in magie. Terwyl die skarabee moontlik die mees gedokumenteerde insek was, is ander insekte soos bye, vlieë, sprinkane, en die bidsprinkaan ook almal ondersoek. Die skoenlapper verskyn gereeld in die antieke Egiptiese kuns, maar was nog nie die onderwerp van 'n grondige studie nie. Hierdie studie poog om die simboliek en belangrikheid van die skoenlapper in antieke Egipte te ontleed. Richard Wilkinson (1994) verskaf 'n raamwerk vir die ontleding van simboliek in Egiptiese kuns. Hy het nege aspekte voorgestel wat bestudeer kan word om die simboliek te openbaar. In hierdie studie, word 'n seleksie kuns van verskillende dinastieë, sistematies aan die hand van dié nege aspekte ontleed. Elke kunswerk beeld die skoenlapper uit. Deur hierdie noukeurige ondersoek, word daar gehoop dat die rol van die skoenlapper in antieke Egipte duideliker voorskyn. Na die bespreking van al nege aspekte vir elk van die bronne, volg daar 'n bespreking met verskillende gevolgtrekkings wat kyk na die tendense wat voorkom. Sekere patrone kom te voorsyn wat daarop dui dat die skoenlapper wel 'n belangrike rol as 'n simbool in antieke Egipte gespeel het.
Cosentino, Daniel. "Cosentinoworks /." Online version of thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/9603.
Full textSchmiedel, Dean. "The other mother : an artist's conception /." Online version of thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/4486.
Full textHall, Rebecca Sue. "Of merit and ancestors Buddhist banners of Northern Thailand and Laos /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1694502661&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textEvans, Phyllis Leverich. "Empty pleasures." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=632.
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Chandrasekhar, Chaya. "Påla-period Buddha images their hands, hand gestures, and hand-held attributes /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1092830047.
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Dennington, Charles. "Altered matter. Like icons, stored." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12763.
Full textWilson, Carole. "Woven mantra : a visual expression of meditation." Thesis, School of Visual Arts, University of Ballarat Mt. Helen, Vic. :, 2001. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/59951.
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Wang, Chain Khiang. "Using autobiographical figuration in painting as a vehicle for conveying my understanding of Buddhism." Thesis, New School of Arts, University of Ballarat Mt. Helen, Vic. :, 2002. http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/68573.
Full textYoder, Abigail Eileen. "Decoration and symbolism in the late works of Odilon Redon." Diss., University of Iowa, 2013. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2300.
Full textHitchmough, Ruth Wendy. "Studies in the symbolism and spirituality of the arts and crafts movement." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340859.
Full textLewis, Lynnell K. "The poetry of symbolism and the music of Gabriel Fauré." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/836.
Full textDascal, Elana. "Reading Midrash as graphic artistic activity : the compilation of Midrash Rabbah as possible influences on early Jewish and Christian art." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28257.
Full textSorrels, Charles. "Cullet /." Online version of thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11257.
Full textHarnois, Richard D. "Gone to a Better Land: A Study of Gravestone Forms, Art and Symbolism." W&M ScholarWorks, 2000. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539720293.
Full textFranzén, Niclas. "Ensamhetsmotivet hos Ivar Arosenius." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-65997.
Full textThis paper deals with the solitude motif of the artist Ivar Arosenius. His solitude pictures are divided into different categories according to subject and sentiment. The images are then analyzed with a focus on symbolistic tendencies, recurring themes and influences from other artists.
Suprunova, Miliena, and Kseniia Kugai. "Interdisciplinary approach: semiotics and art." Thesis, Яроченко Я. В, 2021. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/19152.
Full textРобота присвячена семіотиці та мистецтву як двом наукам, що керуються символікою та знаками. Семіотика вивчає символи, знаки та міфи, що може пояснити мистецькі твори звичайним глядачам, а також творчим людям. Тим самим митці можуть керуватись при створенні художніх творів аби достатньо точно донести свій задум та передати почуття і образність свого мислення. Міждисциплінарність цих наук дає можливість краще комунікувати, обмінюватись думками та досліджувати науки.
Fassie, Vanessa Laure. "reunion: A Journey Through History, Symbolism, and Fear." VCU Scholars Compass, 2007. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/794.
Full textStutzer, Rina. "The hybrid monster as a figure of liberation in selected artworks of Minnette Vári." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10082008-083705.
Full textWise, Heather M. "A studio project in woodcarving : the symbolism of the buffalo in art yesterday, today, and tomorrow." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1217379.
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Morgan, David. "The origin and use of compositional geometry in Christian painting /." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=68125.
Full textPinkham, Todd Alan. "Brazen idols /." Online version of thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11902.
Full textMunk, Ana. "Pallid corpses in golden coffins : relics, reliquaries, and the art of relic cults in the Adriatic Rim /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6213.
Full textWilliams, Dennis II. "Portraiture and Text in African-American Illustrated Biographical Dictionaries, 1876 to 1917." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3666.
Full textForrest, Matthew. "Iconography profiles." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5698.
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Heaton, Haidee R. "Symbolism and the actor's perspective : a grounded theory study of the actor's approach to symbolist vocal work /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3137709.
Full textLantz, Lisa. "Katten i konsten på Nationalmuseum." Thesis, Södertörn University College, The School of Culture and Communication, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-981.
Full textThe purpose of this science of Art History research paper is to find out the meaning of Cats in Art. I have limited my studies to the Nationalmuseums picture gallery and found forty paintings with cats. I have chosen sixteen of these to furthur analyze typographically and chronologically from a symbolic perspective. The forty paintings from the Nationalmuseum were created during four centuries, with the first being painted in the Sixteenth Century. I have studied the cats dimensional placement in the picture, if the cat is in an outdoor or indoor environment, with people and if the cat is active or passive. I have studied which color the cat has in the motive, if it is painted on the left or right side of the picture and if the cat as at symbol enhances the motives.
Kappel, Caroline J. "Labyrinthine depictions and tempting colors the synaesthetic dances of Loïe Fuller as symbolist choreography /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1195707359.
Full textAguilar-Moreno, Manuel. "Tequitqui art of sixteenth-century Mexico : an expression of transculturation /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textAguilar, Moreno José Manuel. "Tequitqui art of sixteenth-century Mexico : an expression of transculturation /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textKay, Nancy J. "The sacred public sculptures in Antwerp: From their medieval origins to the French Revolution." View abstract/electronic edition; access limited to Brown University users, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3318337.
Full textWylie, Janet S. "The development, practical application and cultural implications of the use of visual art by missionaries for the intercultural communication of the Gospel." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
Full textMoreschi, Bruno 1982. "Art Book : a construção de uma enciclopédia de artistas." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/285264.
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Resumo: Esta pesquisa propõe o estudo do processo de legitimação do autor e de suas obras nas artes visuais em duas frentes complementares de trabalho. A primeira, de natureza artística, é a criação de uma enciclopédia de artistas que, em um primeiro momento, não se difere de outras publicações desse tipo, mas que, na verdade, possui uma característica bastante peculiar. A segunda frente de trabalho, de natureza mais teórica, é a escrita de uma dissertação que analisará o processo de criação dessa enciclopédia e algumas das questões levantadas em sua produção. Entre elas, o papel da fotografia do objeto artístico e do texto crítico na validação de obras e de artistas no campo das Artes Visuais
Abstract: This research proposes a study about the author and his works' process of legitimation in the visual arts on two complementary work fronts. The first, from artistic nature, is the creation of an encyclopedia of artists which, at first, does not differ from other publications of this type, but in fact has a very peculiar feature. The second work front, more theoretical, is the writing of a dissertation that will examine this encyclopedia's creative process and some of the issues raised in its production, among them the roles photography, art object and critic text concerning the validation of works and artists in the visual arts
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Hawley, Jessica R. "Religious Symbolism in Salvador Dali's Art: A Study of the Influences on His Late Work." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/34.
Full textDowling, Susan J. "Constructing Identity Identity Construction." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/88.
Full textCompton, Mark Daniel. "Neo-Raconteur: Allocating Southern-Gothic Symbolism into Design Media." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1394.
Full textJoumaa, Jamal, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Contemporary Arts. "The influence of the icon in contemporary Egyptian art." THESIS_CAESS_CAR_JOUMAA_J.xml, 2002. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/229.
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Westhead, Jonathan Michael. "Royal ideology in Mesopotamian iconography of the third and second millennia BCE with special reference to gestures." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96899.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis aims to examine to what extent the visual representations of ancient Mesopotamia portrayed the royal ideology that was present during the time of their intended display. The iconographic method is used in this study and this allows for a better understanding of the meaning behind the work of art. This method allows the study to better attempt to comprehend the underlying ideology of the work of art. The eight images studied date between three thousand BCE and one thousand BCE and this provides a broad base for the study. By having such a broad base it enables the study to provide a brief understanding of how the ideology adapted over two thousand years. The broad base also enables the study to examine a variety of different gestures that are portrayed on the representations. This thereby provides the reader with a better understanding of why certain gestures were used and how the underlying ideology was communicated through these movements. The study concludes that while the gestures lend a life-like appearance to the representation they do not solely portray an underlying ideological message. Rather, they enhance the already inherent ideological message.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek tot watter mate die visuele voorstellings van Ou Mesopotamië die koninklike ideologie — van die tyd toe hulle uitgestal is — uitgebeeld het. Die ikonografiese metode is in hierdie studie gebruik en maak dit moontlik om 'n beter begrip van die betekenis agter die kunswerk te verkry. Die metode stel die studie in staat om die onderliggende ideologie van die kunswerk beter te verstaan. Die agt bestudeerde beelde dateer tussen drieduisend v.C. en 'n duisend v.C. en bied 'n breë basis vir die studie. So ‘n breë basis stel die studie in staat om te verstaan hoe die ideologie oor meer as twee duisend jaar aangepas is. Die breë basis stel die studie ook in staat om 'n verskeidenheid verskillende gebare wat uitgebeeld word, te ondersoek. Hierdeur verskaf dit die leser met 'n beter begrip waarom sekere gebare gebruik is en hoe die onderliggende ideologie deur middel van hierdie bewegings gekommunikeer is. Die studie kom tot die gevolgtrekking dat terwyl die gebare 'n lewensgetroue voorkoms aan die voorstelling gee, hulle nie uitsluitlik onderliggende ideologiese boodskappe uitbeeld nie. Inteendeel, hulle versterk die reeds onderliggende ideologiese boodskap.
Ilbeyi, Gonca. "The way to the absolute /." Online version of thesis, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11968.
Full textOpperman, J. A. "Imaging the metaphysical in contemporary art practice : a comparative study of intertextuality, poststructuralism and metaphysical symbolism." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/101.
Full textDickerson, Brendhan Bailie. "Magical realism and subjective reality : an investigation of poetic symbolism and the development of related sculptures." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13862.
Full textTo meet the requirements for the Master of Fine Art degree at the University of Cape Town my intention was to develop a series of sculptural assemblages which address a sense of subjective or poetic reality, using symbolically resonant found and fabricated objects. The body of work is to be understood as a sculptural parallel to (but not illustrative of) Magical Realist literature, in which arcane phenomena are incorporated into a narrative in order to achieve just such a sense of subjective reality.