Namon D. Bills and Professor Joseph Ostraff, Visual Arts In my proposal for this project I suggested doing a series of paintings which referred both to Michelangelo’s Last Judgement and to contemporary culture in order to raise questions about the end of the world and our view of it. I feel that conceptually my show […]
Humanitarian Art Project for the Orphans of Minsk, Belarus
Julie Bean and Professor Robert Barrett, Visual Arts Through consulting with Brother Dick Ogden at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake City, a plan was developed to aid the orphans of Minsk, Belarus. The atmosphere and housing conditions of the Minsk orphanage are grayed by years of neglect. […]
Portrait of a Negress: Post-colonial Studies of a Black Female Subject
Abby Beal and Dr. Martha Peacock, Visual Arts The painting Portrait of a Negress completed in 1800 is a rare piece for its time. The painting is unique because of its isolation of a rare subject for art—the black woman. Not only is the subject rare, but also the painting gains more interest because the […]
Art and Politics: The Provenance of Phillip Lord Wharton
David Amott and Dr. Mark Magelby, Visual Arts Throughout history, art has often been closely tied to politics, although not all governments and politicians have given art equal consideration. This fact is illustrated through the provenance of Sir Anthony Van Dyck’s portrait of Phillip, Lord Wharton (1632, National Gallery of Art). Since its completion, this […]
Costume Designs for the Play “Plea”
Merrilee Allred and Professor Richard Hull, Visual Arts What seems to ever plague humanity throughout the ages is the plight of man – the classic search of self and truth. It seems that every one of us must go through this individually, manifest in several different ways and at different times. What remains the same […]
The Weeping Wuntzel Tree
Jeffrey A. Goodsell and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Arts, Sculpture and Ceramics For this show, my work started out being a look at life, and the places we struggle to attain to, but I quickly found out that my work is more about beauty than anything. I feel that the project was very successful indeed […]
B.F.A. Photography Show: a Quest For Eve
Professor Val Brinkerhoff and Christina Domingues, Visual Arts With the contribution of the Undergraduate ORCA Scholarship, the B.F.A. Photography show, “A Quest for Eve”, was created and presented for public viewing April 1st through the 14th, in the Harris Fine Arts Center. The show was also displayed in the photography department in the Brimhall Building […]
Brazil Field Studies
Janelle Celia Wride and Professor Peter Everett, Visual Arts Often artists are asked to explain their art: How do you make it? Why do you make it? Who is it for? What are you saying? How do you justify it? In other words, artists are asked to take responsibility for their work. My original proposal […]
Building Purpose: Architectural Validation of Sir Lawrence Alma- Tadema’s Spring
Jessica R Weiss and Dr. Heather Belnap-Jensen, Visual Arts Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s 1894 work Spring depicts a typical Mayday festival, in which young girls go out into the country to gather flowers. However, instead of rendering the splendors of Victorian London, he portrays the scene as a traditional Roman festival. Alma Tadema has placed great importance […]
The Evolution of Attitudes towards Doctors as shown in American Art
Karrie K Warnick and Dr. Martha Peacock, Art History The halls of the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, are decorated with portraits of physicians. In fact, many of the portraits were done by now-famous American Artists like Benjamin West, Thomas Sully, and Thomas Eakins. A tour of the hospital would also […]
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