For a long time, the veil has been a signifier of great contention in the cultural encounters between the West and the Muslim world. A great deal of research has been conducted on its meanings as it is received in (predominantly Western) contexts where the veil is interpreted as…
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This dissertation explores the viability of multiple modernisms in mid-twentieth-century Iraq by examining the practice of the artist Hafidh Druby (1914-1991). Modern art’s paradigm of originality combined with local ancient forms was used by many Iraqi artists to overcome colon…
As symphony orchestras around the world tackle audience attendance and management issues, programming and marketing decisions become key to ensuring the survival of concert entertainment. Recently, The League of American Orchestras called for a renewed focus among its members st…
Nowadays, classical music organizations are plagued by difficulties, including a decline in their audience and lack of attention from younger generations. This thesis explores and analyzes methods to solve these issues. In particular, this thesis suggests that chorus music has u…
La presente investigación desarrolla un análisis de la producción en cerámica del artista contemporáneo peruano Juan Javier Salazar (1955-2016). Se aproxima a piezas que aún no han sido estudiadas con suficiente detalle para dilucidar en qué sentido son centrales para comprender…
The objective of this thesis was to investigate the digital outreach strategies used by three museums—The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and the Woodmere Art Museum— to combat the unprecedented challenges brought …
This thesis analyzes how the idea of “folk” is used in discourse by the state and intellectuals to gain internal legitimacy and to reposition themselves globally in early twenty-first century China. By interrogating the discourse of “folk” as intangible cultural heritage and art…
This study investigates the British collecting of Korean objects in order to understand the transnational patterns and networks of material culture involved in the formation of British perceptions of Korea from 1876 to 1961. It focuses primarily on the mechanisms of collecting t…
This sensory ethnographic research study used a walking methodology to explore the potential of an asset-based approach to arts development. Inspired by socially engaged artists who incorporate walking as their practice, this study explored a rural arts community by walking with…
Public art is an increasingly respected medium of communication, creative expression, and neighborhood development, with proliferating bodies of research on the economic impacts of investment and the individual benefits of engagement. As a specific subset of public art, particip…
Minyatür sanatı kitap sanatları içinde görsel belge nitelikli sahnelerin Sanat tarihi açısından incelendiği bir alandır. Çalışma konumuz olan saray hayatını konu alan minyatürler Osmanlı minyatür sanatı içinde önemli bir yer teşkil etmektedir. Osmanlı saray hayatını konu alan ça…
The familiar and fabled Canadian group of landscape painters known as the Group of Seven and their contemporaries hold a commanding space in a certain national cultural memory. Their legacies are steadily being reconsidered by scholars and curators of Canadian historical art tod…
This thesis studies tomb portraits – images of the deceased depicted on tomb walls – of the Northern dynasties in China within this period’s visual culture. While painting images of the tomb occupants on tomb walls had been a common practice in China in the 2nd century CE, it wa…
The purpose of this paper is to provide an insightful study of Chinese art songs after 1950. A number of works have been written in English about the repertoire of Chinese art songs, but most of these studies concentrated on songs written before 1950. It is difficult for English…
O espaço expositivo é cada vez mais o conteúdo da exposição, do que o seu contentor. Desde o experiencialismo dos movimentos vanguardistas do século XX, o design expositivo tem-se assumido como uma disciplina autónoma, de particular interesse para a criação de narrativas exposit…
Focussing on the art and design programs of the Container Corporation of America (CCA), this dissertation interrogates the conceptualization and employment of environmental design across the CCA’s management strategies from the mid-1930s to 1970. The project begins by analyzing …
In the Mixteca, Mexico, the maroma is a circus-like performance and ritual in which ordinary people transform into extraordinary artists, with the goals of transforming their public by way of wonder and shared laughter while honoring saints and deities. In the early aughts, a gr…
Unit 13 began it’s journey with an interest in extending the discipline of architecture. By challenging and ques- tioning the traditional norms and stan- dards of architecture - we will begin de- signing new architectures and forging forward new futures. Our theme for the year i…
Excavations of Subterranean Complex 169 (SC 169) at Maresha, located in Idumea in southern Israel, unearthed an assemblage of 99 pieces of Hellenistic jewelry and accessories. The assemblage boasts a variety of types including rings, earrings, bracelets, beads and pendants, fibu…