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  • Dragon and Taotie Motifs on a 12th-Century B.C.E. Fangyi Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    This 12th Century B.C.E. Bronze Wine Vessel comes from the Anyang Province in China, dating to the Shang Dynasty, one of the earlier dynasties that ruled in ancient China. The shape of the vessel is a rectangular prism with a square base and 4 thick legs. The lid of this Fangyi is a roughly pyramidal shape with a knob that echoes the shape of the lid. This wine vessel was used for ceremonial purposes, most likely for ancestral worship. Not particularly used for only wine, these vessels also held cooked and raw meat, and grains or other foods, as an offering to the gods and ancestors. Alcohol held in the Fangyi was a liquor, made out of a grain called millet. Comprised of three registers each face of the vessel the same, the bronze is cast and carved to have dragon motifs, taotie masks, and a consistent thunder pattern spiral across the body of the Fangyi. The lid of the Fangyi also has taotie masks on each of sides. The dragons on the body of this vessel represent many things, but most importantly, a harbinger of good luck, prosperity, and consistent success. The taotie masks are elusive in Chinese culture- their original meanings have been lost, but they are thought to represent “animalistic energies… to heal and to offer solace in a world full of diffuse and supernatural forces,” or the finality of death. The spiral pattern is meant to emulate clouds and rolling thunder, symbolizing life-giving rain and abundance.
    Creator/Author:
    Crossman, Emma
    Submitter:
    Emma Crossman
    Date Uploaded:
    08/29/2023
    Date Modified:
    08/29/2023
    Date Created:
    2020-11-19
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Suzanne Valadon: Defying the Definition of Gender in Life and Art

    Type:
    Image
    Description/Abstract:
    If life is said to imitate art, then Suzanne Valadon’s rebellious, unorthodox, bohemian lifestyle is reflected in her artworks. Valadon's choice of the nude as the primary focus of much of her work reveals much about her role in society. A as a member of the working-class, Valadon was able to step outside the domestic and painted within the traditionally male domain. The art of Suzanne Valadon has been reprised in recent years as feminist art historians have been questioning the art historical canon and challenging the ideology of the nude as a masculine domain. This paper will discuss Valadon’s time as a model, what influence this had on her works, and her relationship with Edgar Degas, her family, and female contemporaries. It will also examine why Valadon chose the nude as the primary focus of much of her works and what this says about her role in society. Through this study, I hope to give better insight on why Valadon’s works were championed during her life, but the recognition faded after her death. Through her work, Valadon challenged not only the rules of the day, but she reclaimed the female nude in her work, the woman was no longer an object to be viewed but a subject in her own right.
    Creator/Author:
    Jeffers, Andrea
    Submitter:
    Andrea Jeffers
    Date Uploaded:
    04/27/2023
    Date Modified:
    04/27/2023
    Date Created:
    2023-04-25
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Views from the Window: Conveying Harmony Under Different Atmospheric Conditions in Camille Pissarro’s Boulevard Montmartre Series

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    The only artist to be featured at all eight Impressionist Exhibitions in Paris was Camille Pissarro. The Impressionist movement emerged during a period of rapid social change and growing industrialization with more people moving to cities. In Pissarro’s works, he specifically concentrated on the conditions of different weather and times of day to alter how he painted scenes of a city. My paper focuses on the Boulevard Montmartre series and his use of building tonal relationships and skill of lighting placement across the fourteen paintings in order to establish a harmonious composition where the day’s essence radiates off the canvas.
    Creator/Author:
    Reinhold, Emily
    Submitter:
    Emily Reinhold
    Date Uploaded:
    04/25/2023
    Date Modified:
    04/25/2023
    Date Created:
    2023-04-20
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Suzanne Valadon: Defying the Definitions of Gender in Life and Art

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    If life is said to imitate art, then Suzanne Valadon’s rebellious, unorthodox, bohemian lifestyle is reflected in her artworks. Valadon's choice of the nude as the primary focus of much of her work reveals much about her role in society. A as a member of the working-class, Valadon was able to step outside the domestic and painted within the traditionally male domain. The art of Suzanne Valadon has been reprised in recent years as feminist art historians have been questioning the art historical canon and challenging the ideology of the nude as a masculine domain. This paper will discuss Valadon’s time as a model, what influence this had on her works, and her relationship with Edgar Degas, her family, and female contemporaries. It will also examine why Valadon chose the nude as the primary focus of much of her works and what this says about her role in society. Through this study, I hope to give better insight on why Valadon’s works were championed during her life, but the recognition faded after her death. Through her work, Valadon challenged not only the rules of the day, but she reclaimed the female nude in her work, the woman was no longer an object to be viewed but a subject in her own right.
    Creator/Author:
    Jeffers, Andrea
    Submitter:
    Andrea Jeffers
    Date Uploaded:
    04/25/2023
    Date Modified:
    04/25/2023
    Date Created:
    2023-04-25
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Clarity and Ambiguity in Félix Bracquemond’s View of Reality: Le Haut d’un battant de porte (The Top of a Door)

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    This essay investigates the complex subject matter and the significance of Félix Bracquemond’s etching Le Haut d’un battant de porte (The Top of a Door) through a biographical approach, visual analysis, and examination of the artist’s creative process and intentions. The investigation demonstrates that this etching is not only unusual for its clarity, but also for its ambiguity. The seemingly contradictory yet complementary characteristics – clarity and ambiguity – coexist in this work. It is the coexistence and interaction of clarity and ambiguity that makes this work more significant and intriguing.
    Creator/Author:
    Lai, Sufang
    Submitter:
    Sufang Lai
    Date Uploaded:
    03/31/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/21/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-04-20
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Max Pechstein: Seeking Change Through Das Vater Unser

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    Art History Thesis
    Creator/Author:
    Kumar, Mika
    Submitter:
    Mika Kumar
    Date Uploaded:
    04/20/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/20/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-04-21
    License:
    Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)

  • Max Pechstein: Seeking Change Through Das Vater Unser

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    TEST
    Creator/Author:
    Kumar, Mika
    Submitter:
    Mika Kumar
    Date Uploaded:
    03/31/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/08/2022
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Dusty Millers: Rural Representation in 19th Century Movements

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    This project analyzes a print from the UC Art Collection called “Dusty Millers” and the amateur artist that created it. Diving into the artist’s biography and relations, this project first aims to understand how the amateur artist went about studying printmaking and how he became an important advocate for the medium in London. Secondly, the project discusses artistic influences from the 19th century that inspired his style and subject matter of his prints that include depictions of rural landscapes and daily labors.
    Creator/Author:
    Roades, Gracie
    Submitter:
    Gracie Roades
    Date Uploaded:
    04/08/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/19/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-04-07
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • DRAFT EXHIBITION

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Draft of capstone class final project. Includes file of images and wall labels for DRAFT of the exhibition. Includes prints from the UC art collection from the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, and 20th century. The representation of architecture within art is a main theme for artists of all time periods. Within the UC Art Collection, prints display different stylistic approaches from abstract to realistic when portraying architecture. This exhibit will display five prints that compare and contrast the idea of stylistic approach. By viewing these artworks, there is the question as to why artists chose to portray the two types differently. Does the style dictate the importance or function of the architecture? Through exploration, one could say that there is a correlation between the type of architecture and its stylistic rendering. When viewing the examples of the collection, architecture that is considered monumental, such as cathedrals or government buildings, seem to be portrayed with realistic detailing and perspective, leaving no room for artistic expression in the portrayal. On the other hand, common architecture is portrayed with more abstraction but allows more freedom of expression from the artist to interpret the structure. Is one better than the other or do these two separate approaches give their subjects individualized attention to their charms?
    Creator/Author:
    Roades, Gracie
    Submitter:
    Gracie Roades
    Date Uploaded:
    03/31/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-03-31
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Artistic Self-Consciousness in Pietro Lorenzetti's Arezzo Altarpiece

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    “With his Right Hand”: Signatures, Pictorial Gestures, and Artistic Self-Consciousness in Pietro Lorenzetti’s Arezzo Polyptych Pietro Lorenzetti signed no fewer than nine paintings during his career, more than any other European artist until Jan van Eyck a century later. He also left an unprecedented “double signature” on one work, with the first inscription prominently visible to the public and the second hidden and known only to the painter. Written along the lower edge of altarpieces and panels, Lorenzetti’s signatures are usually simple and concise, following formulas previously adopted by medieval Italian artists. But two of his earliest inscriptions, on the Cortona Madonna (ca. 1315) and Arezzo Polyptych (1320-1324), differ by including the word “dextra”: “Petrus Laurentii hanc pinxit dextra senensis.” These signatures can be translated as “Pietro di Lorenzo of Siena painted this [work] with his right hand.” Like his unparalleled proclivity for signing paintings, Lorenzetti’s use of “dextra” in these inscriptions can inform us about his specific works, pictorial language and artistic personality. By stating that the Arezzo Polyptych was painted “with his right hand,” Lorenzetti naturally drew attention to his manual dexterity and the glorious product of his extensive handiwork. Simultaneously it put Lorenzetti’s paintings in relation to the work of esteemed artists such as Giunta Pisano who had already referred to their own expert hands in their signatures. If we look at the Arezzo Polyptych’s content, Lorenzetti’s “dextra” encourages viewers to consider the formal connections between the artist’s hand and the hands of figures he painted, including the dextra Dei depicted in the Annunciation and the pointing hand of John the Baptist indicating the Christ Child, both of which are vertically aligned with Pietro’s signature. Such visual resonances between text and image suggest that Lorenzetti was self-consciously linking his creative act with the divine work of God and the saints. What inspired Lorenzetti to sign so many of his paintings, and, on occasion, to do so in such a self-aggrandizing way? The painter was surrounded by several significant artists who created prominent works with signatures. They include Giunta Pisano, Margaritone d’Arezzo, Giovanni Pisano, and Duccio, and if Lorenzetti did not collaborate directly with them, he surely would have seen their paintings and sculptures in Arezzo, Assisi, Siena, and elsewhere. Moreover, having secured at a young age several highly important commissions in Tuscany and Umbria, including the fresco cycle in the left transept of the Lower Church at Assisi, Lorenzetti would have had more than enough self-confidence to inscribe himself—and his right hand—into the Arezzo Polyptych.
    Creator/Author:
    Platts, Christopher
    Submitter:
    Christopher Platts
    Date Uploaded:
    03/25/2022
    Date Modified:
    03/25/2022
    Date Created:
    2019-01-01
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Space Shuttle Stomp

    Type:
    Media
    Description/Abstract:
    Space Shuttle Stomp was produced by Subterranean Video in 1984
    Creator/Author:
    Britton, Benjamin
    Submitter:
    Benjamin Britton
    Date Uploaded:
    01/01/2022
    Date Modified:
    01/01/2022
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Diversity Education through Creativity

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    This paper explores the question of why it is important to apply culturally responsive teaching within the classroom, through creativity. Teaching diversity exposes students to a variety of cultural and social groups. This educational experience prepares students to become better citizens, within their communities. Through the creative process, students will examine topics which, both, encompass and promote diversity. Additionally, students will be able to construct their own independent, inclusive environment, through art making; this increase in diversity education relates not only to the race and ethnicity of our students, it also includes religion, economic status, gender identity, language background, and more. Adopting inclusion and awareness around multicultural education and taking a culturally responsive approach to teaching is a benefit to both students and instructors. Not only does creating a better multicultural awareness and inclusive environment help students with different backgrounds and needs succeed, but it encourages acceptance and helps prepare students to thrive in a diverse world. Keywords: cultural diversity, curriculum, teaching, art, social reconstructionism
    Creator/Author:
    Sydney Barth; Courtney Moreland, and Mahnaz Amin Foroughi
    Submitter:
    smith4kk@ucmail.uc.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    05/18/2021
    Date Modified:
    05/18/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-04-22
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Curriculum Proposal - Care, Relationships, and Collaboration

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    Empathy is an essential aspect for all facets of an educational system, specifically in art classrooms. Lack of empathy and collaborative skills can cause issues in relations and classroom management throughout the school year. Utilizing resources such as group lessons, community activities, and classroom reflections can allow for the kind of collaboration needed for students, teachers, and all those involved in a school system to succeed in their endeavors.
    Creator/Author:
    Celesti, Oliva and Hughes, Jennah
    Submitter:
    smith4kk@ucmail.uc.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    05/07/2021
    Date Modified:
    05/07/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-04-22
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Addressing the Underrepresentation of Teachers Based on Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    The education field has historically underrepresented teachers based on gender, race, and sexual orientation. This has led to a severe lack of diversity in the field. By utilizing professional workshops, educators will have greater awareness of barriers that have caused such underrepresentation. Educators will be given tools to reflect on how this facet of the educational system can be improved.
    Creator/Author:
    Gray, Joe and Odaka, Haely
    Submitter:
    smith4kk@ucmail.uc.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    05/07/2021
    Date Modified:
    05/07/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-04-22
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Common Objects

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    In the 1960"s and 1970', when most of these unfinished essays were written, I was a free thinking architecture student who perceived a fundamental disconnect within diverse institutions, including Architecture and Education and Money - Banking. I had an intuitive feeling that architecture is more than a visual aesthetic, rather a holistic social experience. The everyday objects with which we interact are an integral part of our social disposition and social wellbeing. The attempt is to develop a method for understanding some previously largely ignored aspects of environmental design – the role of Common Objects as a communication facilitator.- Eric M. Lee
    Creator/Author:
    Lee, Eric M.
    Submitter:
    Elizabeth A. Meyer
    Date Uploaded:
    04/20/2021
    Date Modified:
    04/21/2021
    Date Created:
    1960
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Research projects—Art History Senior Seminar, Spring 2020

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Documentation of research projects by art history Senior Seminar students, Spring Semester, 2020. DAAPworks, Spring, 2020.
    Creator/Author:
    Andrus, Kyla; Thomas, Morgan (editor); Pittman, Isabella; Pitney, Auturmn; Hensler, Devon ; Hamilton, Amy , and Applegate, Jazmine
    Submitter:
    Morgan Thomas
    Date Uploaded:
    04/10/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/12/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-27
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Addressing the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Advocates for Students

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    A strong implementation of zero-tolerance policy pushes students out of the classroom and into the world of criminal offense. Our curriculum will address these issues by equipping teachers and students alike to promote student voice in the classroom. Through bringing knowledge and creating awareness to race, class, gender, and sexuality, students will be enabled to furthermore act in a political manner for social justice.
    Creator/Author:
    Boggs, Jakob and King, Grant
    Submitter:
    smith4kk@ucmail.uc.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    04/29/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/11/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Student Engagement: A Progressive Approach

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Abstract Student engagement is an important part of an effective and positive classroom. With research we will explore ways to create a more engaged learning environment. Through a progressive democratic curriculum we can create a space where the students interests and opinions are valued and implemented into the course work. Our curriculum seeks to prepare teachers with effective ways to embrace democracy and prepare them to manage and run an effective and fun classroom, where the voice of the student is heard, and students are fully engaged.
    Creator/Author:
    Shrout, Lauryn and Salzl, Ashe
    Submitter:
    smith4kk@ucmail.uc.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    04/29/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/04/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Creative Solutions for the Urban Classroom

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Abstract The aim of this project is to address the issue of teacher attrition and lack of creativity in the classroom by involving teachers, students and members in the community through art education. The research will include mutually respectful dialogue, multicultural broad participation, flexible art forms that induce creativity, and empathetic interaction that embrace progressive values. This project will boost motivation of teachers and their job satisfaction hence leading to better teacher retention.
    Creator/Author:
    Rocha, Cristiane and Wiedmann, Olivia
    Submitter:
    smith4kk@ucmail.uc.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    04/29/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/01/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Investigating Ideation Flexibility through Incremental to Radical Heuristics

    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Ideation flexibility is the ability to shift between a designer’s preferred and non-preferred ways of generating solutions as required by the presented task. There are many tools that exist to support ideation; however, there is a lack of research defining how to facilitate ideation flexibility and how to support designers in this process through use of such tools. In this paper, we report on the development of a new tool, the "Incremental to Radical Heuristics" (I2Rh), which may provide inspiring prompts for ideation, ranging from more incremental to more radical examples. We tested the use of this I2Rh with a small set of industrial design and architecture students and aim to report on ways in which designers with varying cognitive styles perceive and apply these heuristics and further the impact of the heuristics on the students’ problem solving processes and ideation outcomes. Preliminary results demonstrate that more innovative students found the adaptive applications of the heuristics to trigger more novel solutions, whereas the more adaptive students found that the innovative applications to be more inspiring. Ideation is critical as it allows designers to form many diverse ideas to choose from and eventually test and validate them (Sheppard, Macatangay et al. 2009). However, in many cases, designers find it difficult to come up with many diverse ideas as a result of fixation they experience on particular ideas (Crilly 2015). Being a flexible designer means being able to move from one solution to another, in order to produce the most promising solutions for the given context. In this movement, idea generation methods play a critical role as facilitators of this movement while pushing designers to think differently (Silk, Daly et al. 2014). The focus of the proposed work is ideation flexibility (Yilmaz, Daly et al. 2014), defined as the ability to ideate in both incremental and radical ways – or, more precisely, to ideate along a continuum of thinking between the two, depending on the needs of the problem. Building on the theoretical foundation of Kirton’s adaption-innovation theory (Kirton 1976), we defined the ideation success as a designer’s ability to move between his/her preferred and nonpreferred ways of generating ideas as required in the design brief. To specifically target ideation flexibility, we took an empirically-driven and validated ideation tool, Design Heuristics (Yilmaz, Seifert et al. 2016), and modified it based on the Kirton’s adaptiveinnovative theory. This revised set, called the "Incremental to Radical Heuristics" (I2Rh), illustrates heuristics’ application both incrementally and radically to the same example design problem. I2Rh is intended to help designers execute an ideation strategy based on prompts, examples, and directions to incorporate more incremental or more radical changes to their naturally preferred ways of generating ideas, through facilitating flexible thinking. Our goal in this paper was to investigate how designers with different cognitive styles perceive and apply these revised heuristics and their impact on the students’ ideation outcomes.
    Creator/Author:
    Baker, Ian; Sevier, Daniel; McKilligan, Seda; Jablokow, Kathryn W.; Daly, Shanna R. and Silk, Eli M.
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    09/20/2018
    Date Modified:
    06/28/2019
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International