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

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    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

  • duo B vs viDEO sAVant at EIC

    Type:
    Media
    Description/Abstract:
    Performance recorded for the Experiments in Cinema Festival, Albuquerque, NM
    Creator/Author:
    Woodman, Charles
    Submitter:
    Charles Woodman
    Date Uploaded:
    06/19/2023
    Date Modified:
    06/19/2023
    Date Created:
    2022-04
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Excavate

    Type:
    Media
    Description/Abstract:
    -Composer, Belinda Reyolds -Percussion and Vocals, University of Texas Percussion Ensemble Thomas Burrit, Director -Image, Charles Woodman
    Creator/Author:
    Woodman, Charles
    Submitter:
    Charles Woodman
    Date Uploaded:
    06/19/2023
    Date Modified:
    06/19/2023
    Date Created:
    2023-06
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • The Last Great Series of the Ukiyo-e Tradition: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi’s One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, 1885-1892

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) was a Japanese print maker. His artistic career bridged between the Edo Period (1600-1868) and the Meiji Period (1868-1912). With the start of the Meiji Period, Western technologies and ideologies were introduced to Japan. The art of printmaking had long been a tradition in Japan, especially revered during the Edo Period; however, the introduction of photography began to threaten the tradition. Yoshitoshi is considered to be the last great ukiyo-e artist that used his prints to revitalize and modernize the tradition of prints. His series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon was his last great print series.
    Creator/Author:
    Barnett, Emma
    Submitter:
    Emma Barnett
    Date Uploaded:
    04/28/2023
    Date Modified:
    04/28/2023
    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

  • The Reality of Infinity

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    An examination of Yayoi Kusama’s works through the lens of disability studies.
    Creator/Author:
    Delgado, Amanda
    Submitter:
    Amanda Delgado
    Date Uploaded:
    04/20/2023
    Date Modified:
    04/25/2023
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • La Belle Iseult: William Morris’ Pre-Raphaelite Painting, Medievalism, Design, and the Arts and Crafts Movement

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    William Morris, a famous 19th-century British textile designer, craftsman, Socialist, and poet, was a prominent and multifaceted figure. His flattened, floral designs were inspired by his love for the 14th- and 15th centuries and generated the Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris briefly worked as a painter and founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In his only surviving oil painting, La Belle Isuelt, Morris depicts the medieval subject, Iseult, from Sir Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte D’Arthur, 1485. Through the theme of Arthurian legend, reference to medieval symbols, wall tapestries, and other motifs, Morris displays his admiration of Medieval themes.
    Creator/Author:
    Crossman, Emma
    Submitter:
    Emma Crossman
    Date Uploaded:
    04/20/2023
    Date Modified:
    04/25/2023
    Date Created:
    2023-04-19
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Delphi touchscreen art installation

    Type:
    Media
    Description/Abstract:
    Delphi - a touchscreen video game art installation for galleries and museums. Viewers can explore a contemporary interpretation of the ancient Greek site of Delphi, home of a mythical oracle. The Delphi gallery installation, designed for museums and cultural centers, gives each visitor about ten minutes to explore Delphi and visit the oracle to get a personalized message. The installation is easy to use, and accessible for general audiences of all ages and degrees of experience. Two cubes (or a cube and a chair) are placed on a 7cm high, 2m square plinth stage; the large cube is a ventilated cabinet and tabletop for a touchscreen, the other cube is a seat. As players step up onto the plinth to interact with the touchscreen to explore the virtual world, they enter the installation observed by the other gallery visitors who watch the interaction on large video screens around them, displaying the virtual environment of Delphi onto the gallery walls, with soft, ambient sound of the Greek countryside and occasional interactive events. Delphi requires controlled lighting and electricity, between 50-500 sq meters, large video displays, audio, plinth, and two cubes (or cube and chair) as above. An area of about 500 square meters is optimal, although smaller is possible. A CAVE version of Delphi is currently being researched. Visitors can explore the environment in and around the hills and monuments of Delphi. By artificial intelligence, Delphi responds by AI to each visitors style of play, actions, responses, and behavior, choosing a classic Delphic maxim (150 Delphic maxims drawn from historical and literary sources) for each player in turn. Unzip Delphi_Oracle_install.zip into a Windows folder to create a folder called Delphi_Oracle and its contents. Change directories to browse into the Delphi_Oracle folder, and double-click on Delphi_Oracle.exe to play Delphi. If Microsoft Smartscreen asks to prevent an unrecognized app, click More info, and click Run anyway. With mouse or touchscreen you can move and interact onscreen; Slow or stop, left mouse button or touch the center of the screen Move forward, mouse button or touch center top of screen (higher = faster) Move backward, mouse button or touch center bottom of screen (lower = faster) Turn right, mouse or touch right side of screen Turn left, mouse or touch left side of screen Look up and down, left and right mouse buttons together (or two fingers) A touchscreen makes it feel very immersive, and a mouse also works just fine too. Currently working to run Delphi in the CAVE software for CAVE systems. Delphi is first and foremost a work of contemporary art and an interpretive reconstruction of a cultural treasure for everyone. Looking for a contemporary art gallery where I can premiere it. -benb copyright 2022 Benjamin Britton June 14, 2022 all rights reserved
    Creator/Author:
    Britton, Benjamin
    Submitter:
    Benjamin Britton
    Date Uploaded:
    06/16/2022
    Date Modified:
    06/16/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-06-16
    License:
    All rights reserved