Dissertations / Theses: 'Art, American'

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Gartside, Steven. "Appropriations of 'America' and American art in the 1950s." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327710.

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Haight, Sarah M. "American Art Lending, 1895-1975." Thesis, School of Information and Library Science, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1901/344.

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This paper documents the range of art lending in the United States to individuals by libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions from roughly 1895-1975. The historical analysis includes the reasons and motivations behind the creation of each kind of lending scheme and what its proponents hoped to accomplish, as well as how these collections fit into the broader goals of each type of institution. Loans of originals and reproductions are discussed.

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Мосіна, Елеонора. "Trends in American Modern Art." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2017. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/7340.

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Jeon, Eun-Hee. "American image /." Online version of thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11236.

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Cirino, Gina. "American Misconceptions about Australian Aboriginal Art." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1435275397.

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Lynch, Sylvio III. "Morality and Aspiration: Some Conditions of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1577554501384163.

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Claxton, Ronald Wayne. "The infusion of African American art from eighteen-eighty to the early nineteen-nineties for middle and high school art education." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1387379149.

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Einreinhofer, Nancy. "The paradox of the American art museum." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35302.

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Tuomi, Scott Lawrence. "Finnish art song for the American singer." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289889.

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Art song teachers are constantly seeking new repertoire for their students. Many countries outside those commonly represented in American vocal studios (for instance Spain and Russia) have rich art song traditions which merit inclusion in the vocal studio. In this era of increased cultural awareness, many other areas of music education are seeking to explore these repertoires. However, many art songs are unable to be utilized because of the lack of resources in this country concerning their acquisition, identification, history, pronunciation and performance. Finland has a vast art song repertoire that is largely unexplored by American singers and teachers for the reasons mentioned above. A relatively new nation, Finland has a rich past which has remained a mystery to the west because of its close connection to the former Soviet Union. In addition, prior to the twentieth century, Finland had been under the control of foreign governments including those of Russia and Sweden since the Middle Ages. This document seeks to identify and examine Finnish art songs while providing background information regarding their history, development, and relevance to Finnish culture. In addition, tools for acquiring and performing Finnish art song are included to facilitate the inclusion of these songs in American vocal studios. Various sections include the development of the art song genre in Finland, the connection of songs to the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, and a brief examination of the Finno-Ugrian language group. Biographical information is provided for seven selected composers arranged in chronological order. A total of ten songs are analyzed from the selected composers and an English translation is also provided for each. In addition, a collection of appendices providing complete lists of published songs for each composer, a Finnish IPA pronunciation chart, contact information for Finnish music publishers and musical resources and a selected discography are included.

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Pascarella, John A. "American standard." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2006. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4929.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--West Virginia University, 2006. Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 27 p. : ill. (some col.). Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 25).

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Moham, Carren D. "The contributions of four African-American women composers to American art song." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250881412.

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Moham, Carren Denise. "The contributions of four African-American women composers to American art song /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487945015618126.

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Clark, Toby. "Representations of Russian Art in American Art History and Criticism 1917-1939." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522624.

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This dissertation examines the critical reception and historical construction of Russian art in the United States between 1917 and 1939. The study focuses on two main types of Russian art; that of the Russian avant-garde, and that of artists who emigrated to the United States and achieved a high level of critical visibility and commercial success there during the 1920s. The discussion of the Russian emigre artists concentrates on the treatment of their work in the American curatorial system and art market. It examines the critical strategies used to promote these artists, particularly in the writings of Christian Brinton, who formulated a new category termed 'Slavic art' which relied on theories of racial essentialism. The subsequent decline of the careers of the emigre artists can be explained partly by reference to the reorientation in American critical values after the early 1930s. Research on the interpretation of the Russian and Soviet avantgarde in the United States is focussed on two main Modernist institutions; the Societe Anonyme during the 1920s and the Museum of Modern Art in New York after 1929. The Societe Anonyme's management of its large collection of Russian avant-garde art is discussed in relation to the contrasting aesthetic perspectives and political alignments of Katherine Dreier and Louis Lozowick, and compared with alternative interpretations in western Europe. The study of the representation of the Russian avant-garde by the Museum of Modern Art is concentrated on the writings of Alfred Barr and his critical theory of Modernism. Barr's account of the history of Russian Constructivism and Soviet cultural policies in 1936 is seen to have performed an important function for establishing an ideological position for the ascending discourses of American Modernism in opposition to the competing positions of conservative anti-Modernism and left-wing aesthetics.

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Morozova, Ekaterina. "American art criticism and the crisis of art history writing : 1962-1967." Thesis, Open University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.413811.

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Gittinger, Anne Meredith. "Class Act: Negotiating Art and Market in the Career of Isadora Duncan." W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626615.

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Paniagua, Amanda Anastasia. "An American Woman's Gaze: Mary Cassatt's Spanish Portraits." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1461149840.

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Gallegos, Jason S. "An Art Unconfined." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1253706484.

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Sagerson, Erin Jean. "Art and bread Mike Gold, proletarian art, and the rhetoric of American communism /." [Fort Worth, Tex.] : Texas Christian University, 2009. http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-05012009-115428/unrestricted/Sagerson.pdf.

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Bianco, Christine. "Selling American art celebrity and success in the postwar New York art market /." [Florida] : State University System of Florida, 2000. http://etd.fcla.edu/etd/uf/2000/ane5873/thesis.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida, 2000. Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 70 p. Abbreviated abstract copied from student-submitted information. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-69).

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Kuizon, Jaclyn. "Fine Art and Clandestine Identity: American Indian Artists in the Contemporary Art Market." W&M ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626648.

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Tolley, Rebecca. "Review of Self-Taught Art: The Culture and Aesthetic of American Vernacular Art." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5710.

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Genevro, Brad. "The art of recording the American wind band." connect to online resource, 2006. http://www.unt.edu/etd/all/May2006/genevro%5Fbradley/index.htm.

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Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2006. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Accompanied by 4 recitals, recorded Apr. 10, 1997, July 17, 1997, Mar, 3, 1998, and Nov. 14, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-41).

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Town, Caren Jamie. "The art of suspended compromise in American literature /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9453.

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Gibson, Ebony Z. "Art for whose Sake?: Defining African American Literature." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/aas_theses/17.

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This exploratory qualitative study describes the criteria that African American Literature professors use in defining what is African American Literature. Maulana Karenga’s black arts framework shaped the debates in the literature review and the interview protocol; furthermore, the presence or absence of the framework’s characteristics were discussed in the data analysis. The population sampled was African American Literature professors in the United States who have no less than five years experience. The primary source of data collection was in-depth interviewing. Data analysis involved open coding and axial coding. General conclusions include: (1) The core of the African American Literature definition is the black writer representing the black experience but the canon is expanding and becoming more inclusive. (2) While African American Literature is often a tool for empowerment, a wide scope is used in defining methods of empowerment. (3) Black writers should balance aesthetic and political concerns in a text.

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Genevro, Bradley James. "The Art of Recording the American Wind Band." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5276/.

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Wind bands have been recording for over one hundred years. Through advancements in both technology and process, recordings have made a monumental impact on the wind band and its repertoire. These advancements have created clarity regarding the performance practice of pieces and helped to preserve the wind band repertoire. Many early works have gained masterwork status due, in large part, to the fact that recordings have preserved them. The increase in popularity of recording and, in particular, the wind band, warrants an investigation into the various aspects of the process. Additionally, gaining insight from wind band professionals who record will help to evaluate the contributions that recording has made to the education of performers and listeners, the preservation of repertoire and the artistic enhancement of the wind band. Each chapter explores aspects of the recording process and how those aspects have shaped the wind band, its repertoire and performance practice. Information from conductors, composers and engineers provide valuable insight pertaining to the educational, historical and artistic components of the recording process. The goal of all involved in the recording process should be the pursuit of technical perfection, which does not eclipse the ultimate musical goals of the project and the integrity of the composer's intentions.

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Cross, Rhonda Kay. "Walter MacEwen: A forgotten episode in American art." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9854/.

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Despite having produced an impressive body of work and having been well-received in his lifetime, the career of nineteenth-century American expatriate artist Walter MacEwen has received virtually no scholarly attention. Assimilating primary-source materials, this thesis provides the first serious examination of MacEwen's life and career, thereby providing insight into a forgotten episode in American art.

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Cross, Rhonda Kay Baxter Denise Amy. "Walter MacEwen a forgotten episode in American art /." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9854.

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Lin, Yi-Cherng. "The essence of twentieth century American art songs." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9698.

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Thesis (D.M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006. Thesis research directed by: Music. Title from t.p. of PDF. Marylandia and Rare Books Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, Md. Audio available on compact disc;

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Kaufmann, Laurel Jeanne 1966. "Creation of an identity: American Indian protest art." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291933.

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This thesis addresses and critically reviews American Indian protest art as a legitimate art genre. Brief discussions of the Studio (the first formal American Indian art school), the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), and the American Indian protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as irony, satire, and humor in Indian art are included. The concept of the "Indian" identity as a motivating factor of the art, and the redundant use of stereotypical imagery as it relates to cultural conflicts are addressed. Descriptive interpretations of the art of David Bradley, Alex Jacobs, and Stan Natchez, and the three fundamental elements of this art style are presented in detail.

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Rumsey, Adrienne Lynn. "Aesthetic Self-Reliance: Emersonian Influence on American Art." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2426.

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This essay is an examination of the influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson on the development of American art through his essays, specifically his writings on nature and self-reliance. Through emphasizing individual potential, Emerson also influenced the visual arts. Instead of following the required formula in Europe of attending certain ateliers and seeking prestigious patronage, American artists, namely the Luminists and the Ashcan School, sought to address the issues of their day and portray life as it existed around them. Each of these groups formed during periods of time when American society was shifting and the American identity was evolving. Through addressing the issues at hand, artists formed an American aesthetic separate from the traditional methodologies in Europe, in turn, contributing to a national identity. After the Civil War, the United States underwent considerable change as different areas of the nation redefined themselves in conjunction to new laws and shifts in social structure. For the Luminists, the writings of Emerson concerning nature were especially applicable during this time since most people in the United States lived in rural circumstances and still struggled to define a national art separate from European tradition. Emerson focused on nature's ability to uplift and inspire mankind, bringing them closer to the Divine and America's unique and untamed nature was one aspect that separated it from Europe. The Luminists focused on their surrounding natural environment, portraying the connection between man and nature. During the Progressive Age, Robert Henri followed Emerson's instruction to illustrate life as it existed for him in the early twentieth century. By this time, most people had moved to the cities in search of employment and everyone was crammed into small tenements. Henri taught his art students to value and illustrate life in all of its gritty reality. In this way, he followed Emerson to communicate beauty through an honest interpretation of life. Although diverse in their techniques, the Luminists and Robert Henri both utilized the ideas of Emerson to help define an American aesthetic.

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Stott, Annette. "Holland mania : the unknown Dutch period in American art and culture /." Woodstock (N.Y.) : Overlook Press, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39272269d.

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Lyons, Mark W. "American dreams /." Online version of thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11237.

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Bickerstaff, Meghan Triplett. "Okay, Maybe You Are Your Khakis: Consumerism, Art, and Identity in American Culture." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1092258380.

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Welch, Edward Keith. "Distinctly Oscar Howe: Life, Art, Stories." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202516.

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This dissertation presents the creative life of the Yanktonai Dakota modernist painter and educator Oscar Howe (1915-1983). The biography on Oscar Howe documents a comprehensive timeline of life events and traces the improbable educational odyssey from a shy and isolated boarding school student to emeritus professor with several honorary doctorates."Distinctly Oscar Howe: Life, Art, Stories" revisits and reinforces existing stories, and presents and interprets new stories in the biographical narrative of Howe's life as an influential figure in South Dakota's history as well as the history of American Indian art in the twentieth century. A talented artist uniquely isolated in South Dakota for much of his career, Oscar Howe was a principal figure and innovative artist who had a tremendous impact on the American Indian art world and beyond. Through words and actions, Howe symbolized a revolutionary individual at a time of great change for American Indian artists.Primary documents are the heart of this research. Letters, photographs, and artworks are reproduced to record the artist's relationship to the people, places, and ideas of central distinction to his life story in the twentieth century.This study reveals that Oscar Howe captured the nation's attention at a time in history when elements of his popularity stemmed from the nation's interest in its Indigenous people and pride in the nation's original American artists. Howe's chief importance in the field of American Indian art rests in three significant areas: (1) his role as an outspoken advocate of American Indian modernity, (2) his validation of the role of individualism and self-expression in American Indian art, and (3) the role of the arts within the greater community of people to teach about other cultures.

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Johnston, Christopher F. "Performing Blackness at the Heart of Whiteness: The Life and Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1208873492.

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McKinney, Jane Dillon. "Anguilla and the art of resistance." W&M ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623402.

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This study begins with two premises. The first is that American Studies needs to move beyond the borders of the United States to examine the ideological, cultural and economic effects our country has had on others. The United States has historically been deeply involved in Anguilla's economy, revolution and ideology. The second is that history is a commodity that is selectively deployed in the creation of personal and national cultural values in Anguilla. I use Sherry Ortner's concept of serious games and James Scott's theory of the arts of resistance to analyze how Anguilla's contemporary culture is a product of its history, environment, and a particular industry. Colonial institutional failure created a vacuum in which Anguillians were permitted, even encouraged, to conceptualize themselves as independent. The harsh environment prevented the formation of a plantocracy based on sugar production. The means and modes of the production of salt, Anguilla's only staple, resulted in a social structure that contrasts with those of the sugar islands in the Antilles. Today, independence remains Anguilla's serious game and sole art of resistance on a personal, cultural and national level.;The definition of self and nation as independent is based upon a radical excision of history that is articulated in an invention of tradition. Plato's idea of mythos and logos serve as methodological tools for unpacking how history has been strategically utilized and suppressed to support cultural concepts. The hypothesis of this dissertation is that, if history repeats, Anguilla is trapped in the box of dominant discourse. Anguillians' history does repeat; their version of history fails to benefit them because it elides their basic dependency.;The conclusion is that, in positioning independence as the contrariety of colonialism, Anguilla has created a false dichotomy that is symptomatic of an underlying social malaise. On a personal level, independence is the antithesis of community and nationalism. On a political level, independence works against regionalism. Dependence, the hidden narrative of the Anguillian public discourse of independence, undermines the mythos. Only by deconstructing the contrarieties of independence and colonialism into subcontrarieties, can Anguilla address its cultural dissonances and position itself in a global world.

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Clark, Lenore. "Forbes Watson : independent revolutionary /." Full-text version available from OU Domain via ProQuest Digital Dissertations, 1995.

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Eddy, Rebecca L. "A quest for art." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1999. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1185.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--West Virginia University, 1999. Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iii, 22 p. : col. ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 17).

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Yoshida, Hisayo. "A Cross Cultural Analysis of Japanese Art Critical Writings and American Art Critical Writings." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1408539349.

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Teemant, Marie Elizabeth, and Marie Elizabeth Teemant. "The North American Indian Reframed: The Photography of Edward S. Curtis in Context with American Art and Visual Culture." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621850.

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis and his primary photographic body of work, The North American Indian, within the context of the art and visual culture that informed and influenced Curtis in his image making process. Within the history of photography, an understanding of who Curtis was is complex. Depictions of Curtis have included various roles including photographer, businessman, philanthropist, artist, ethnologist, capitalist, and profiteer. Until the last twenty years, much of the scholarship surrounding Curtis was focused on his biography, without consideration to the similarities Curtis's work had to contemporary photographers or to American art depicting Native Americans prior to him. My research will examine this prior scholarship and focus on two different frameworks The North American Indian fits into in terms of how the Native subjects are depicted. The first framework is within the influential artwork of American painters and the Native American as incorporated into American art. I will compare Curtis's depiction of Native Americans to those by Benjamin West, Thomas Cole, and George Catlin. All three of these painters included Native Americans in their work at varying levels and for various purposes. While Curtis was working in a different medium, the ways in which he framed and posed his subjects exhibits his awareness in continuing the expected Native American image. The second framework considers The American Indian and its parallels to missionary albums (used to promote missionary work among non-Christian people) as well as a Carlisle School yearbook (used to promote the school's mission in educating and acclimating its students from tribes across the country). In addition to the three types of objects being created in the first two decades of the twentieth century, they also share a relationship through the use of photographs and words to convey a meaning the images alone could not accomplish. Native Americans have been used to symbolize the American continent since the first Europeans laid claim to the land. Curtis is only one of many artists who turned their attention to native subjects and attempted to create an understanding of who they were. A more nuanced understanding of Curtis and his work surfaces through acknowledging the ways in which The North American Indian functions similarly to other works depicting Native Americans.

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Feman, Seth. "District and Capital: The Art of Modern Washington." W&M ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1499449863.

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This dissertation is about modernism in Washington, D.C., specifically about a series of encounters between the visual program that helped realize the city’s modernization and works of art that put this way of seeing to the test. The modernization of Washington took hold of the city in the twentieth century in large part because of the advent of a new way of representing Washington. In short, Washington’s modernization would rely on a grammar of representation that constructed an easily legible image of the city as well as spectators capable of reading it as such. Numerous artists working in Washington exposed the workings of this rhetoric of modernity by creating art that, due to its inherent and sometimes-deliberate wordlessness, ceased to convey the modern city’s ideological messages and allegorical narratives. Instead, these artworks, by resisting or negating language, offered material expressions of knowledge and embodied structures of feeling—that is, they conveyed modern experiences that fell beyond the pale of language. This project employs six episodes from Washington’s modernization in order to assess the tension between legible imagery and lived experience. The first chapter examines the creation of Washington’s modern urban structure through the figure of andrew Mellon whose corporate bodies launched a massive urban renewal campaign that culminated in the establishment of the National Gallery. The second chapter is concerned with three artists who leveraged their own silence to create their work: the photographer Robert Scurlock, whose silent observation of the famous Marian anderson concert at the Lincoln Memorial evoked the singer’s own silence in the face of a progressivist narrative of civil rights; the poet Sterling Brown, whose redacted history of black Washington, originally written under the auspices of the Federal Writers Project, conjures parts of the city that were being systematically erased; and the painter Jacob Kainen, whose dissolution of the city’s visible forms in his abstract works went hand in hand with a theory of negation that called up the wonder and mystery often unavailable though literal representations. The next chapter examines how written efforts to contextualize Alma Thomas’s paintings have inadvertently removed her work from her own embodied artistic practice—a practice, I argue, that maps out the city as it underwent a series of urban renewal projects. The conclusion examines the failure of the rhetoric of modernity on its own terms during the public display of the Mona Lisa at the National Gallery. as the painting appeared in various commercial and media outlets, people claimed to hear it “speak,” yet the incident reveals how modern experience took shape precisely when an artwork refused to say anything whatsoever.

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Walker, Nancy J. "The Fox in the Mirror| Bertha Lum and American Japonisme." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1570862.

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The introduction of Japanese art and culture to the Western world prompted a powerful response from an entire generation of artists, writers, and musicians, including a gifted American artist named Bertha Lum. Lum travelled to Japan in the early 1900s to train with Japanese masters in the design, cutting, and printing of woodblock prints. Lum was a passionate exponent of Japonisme, and a study of her work illuminates how this phenomenon manifested itself in American art and culture. In cultural and artistic terms, Japonisme emerged as a selective interpretation of Asian culture, a conveniently constructed image that reinforced the ideals of many at the turn of the last century. For graphic artists like Lum, the example of Japanese art provided leverage against the weight of European classicism, championed the role of the decorative arts, exemplified exquisite handcraft, and epitomized an art of natural beauty and grace.

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Ehmann, Christina. "American Splendor." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4102.

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Artist Statement My photographs and paintings are reflective of a simpler and slower paced, rural life. This focus is in high contrast to what contemporary urban life often requires. I depict scenes of tranquil landscapes, farm animals, old barns, fields of grasses, and growing crops. I alter my digital photographic images with computer software. I use various filters that transform color, clarity, and value to give the photographs of nature an intentionally peaceful mood. These photographs are a basis for my paintings where I soften nature’s contours and emphasize tranquility. My desire is that viewers will look at my work and take a moment to stop, think, and breathe. Like myself, I want them to slow down and take in the simplicity and beauty of country life.

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Buchanan, Mariah Spann. "Educating black youth moral principles through black art." Click here to access dissertation, 2008. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/spring2008/mariah_s_buchanan/buchanan_mariah_s_200801_edd.pdf.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Georgia Southern University, 2008. "A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." Under the direction of Ming Fang He. ETD. Electronic version approved: May 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-215) and appendices.

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Badoni, Georgina. "Native American art and visual culture education through skateboards." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/305338.

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In this thesis, contemporary Native American images on skateboards that extend Native American art beyond such traditional crafts as beadworks and pottery are explored. The study reveals that Native American skateboard graphics express history, culture, and myths. Native American curriculum, Native American art, and Native American stereotyping in visual culture are critically examined. The purpose of the study is to provide additional Native American art and visual culture examples and methods for the development of Native American art curricula.

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Macaluso, Rose E. "The Smithsonian Institute Smithsonian American Art Museum registration internship." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2003. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/aa_rpts/88.

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This detailed report of a registration internship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum includes an organizational profile of the Smithsonian Institute, the Smithsonian Institute Affiliate Program, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, a description of the activities performed during the internship, an analysis of a volunteer management challenge, a proposed resolution to the volunteer management challenge, and a discussion of the short and long term effects of the internship. The duties and expectations of volunteers, the staff preparation for volunteers, and the empowerment of volunteers are important aspects of the analysis and resolution of the volunteer management challenge.

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Zheng, Yong Hong. "A Chinese view of art in an American university." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1300135745.

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McMaster, Ann Michelle M. "The Butler Institute of American Art: Pro Bono Publico." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1437661274.

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Galliher, Allison. "Early American Silver at the Currier Museum of Art." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:24078350.

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This project-based thesis has added five stops and an introduction to American Silver to the Currier Museum of Art’s mobile tour. The Museum has an extensive silver collection but has very little information readily available for its visitors in the galleries. This thesis provides those visitors with information about the Currier’s American silver collection. It uses the Currier’s current mobile application as a template while incorporating museum education teaching methods to create an engaging tour. The thesis begins with a history of silver in America from Colonial times to the start of the nineteenth century. This time period is best represented in the Currier’s American silver collection. The thesis discusses the role and development of the silversmith as a craftsman as well as the social history of silver in America during this period. It also discusses the use and advantages of using mobile technology in the museum setting. Many visitors already own mobile devices. Museums can take advantage of visitors’ familiarity with these tools by creating programs specifically for this technology. The tour itself is based on teaching methods outlined by the museum educator George E. Hein in his book: Learning in the Museum (1998). These methods are used to build upon the standards set by the Currier Museum of Art’s “Audience Engagement and Interpretation Philosophy” in order to make the tour more engaging for visitors. Articles by museum technology professionals Robert Stein and Nancy Proctor were also consulted when researching the best practices for mobile tours. Their work lays out many key elements for successful mobile applications including the use of media assets, stops where these assets are experienced and the connections used to move between the stops. The accessibility benefits of mobile technology for visitors, especially the use of audio recordings for visitors with disabilities, are also discussed and were taken into account when creating the tour.

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Wierich, Jochen. "The domestication of history in American art: 1848-1876." W&M ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623945.

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This dissertation traces the decline of history painting and its domestication in Other artistic forms in the United States. In the three decades between the Mexican-American War and the Centennial, the market for historical art went through a major transformation. Artists shifted from historical to contemporary subjects or represented historical themes in everyday-domestic settings. Monumental history painting, which was supported by art unions and private patrons during the antebellum period, came under critical attack and lost its status as a form of high art. Critical opinion turned especially against paintings of historical struggle and heroic sacrifice which seemed to be removed from the domestic experiences of middle class audiences. Painters domesticated the high moral drama of history painting in more intimate scenes.;I analyze the contest over historical representation from several directions. Part One discusses the institutional changes affecting the transformation of historical art. I focus on two institutions, the American Art-Union and the Cosmopolitan Art Association, a number of private patrons, and several art critics and art journals. Part One establishes a historical framework for the discussion of three individual painters discussed in Part Two. The careers of Emanuel Leutze, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Eastman Johnson allow me to trace the domestication of history through a spectrum of cultural forms including history, genre, and portrait painting.;This study links the decline of history painting to a cultural process which included specific constituencies---artists, patrons, critics---competing for cultural authority. Antebellum history painting had a weak institutional basis and was unable to consolidate a supportive audience. The focus on three painters and their attempts to negotiate changing perceptions of what constituted historical authenticity reveals complex process in which history painting lost its credibility.;My approach to the transformation of history painting relies on various methodological and theoretical sources, including the social history of art, cultural studies, material culture, and the philosophy of history. The dissertation applies theoretical framework to the study of history painting and other historical representations and brings into focus an emerging bourgeois art public in the States.

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