abstract: In contemporary society, educators teach adolescent students about the importance of developmental growth. This growth transitions into leadership, which prepares youth to collaborate with adults in a working environment. Additionally, youth mural programs generate leadership skills, yet not many art educators are using mural projects as a means to develop leadership in their students. This study explored the connection between working collaboratively on a mural project and the impact it had on leadership traits and skills in adolescent girls. I created an action research project in conjunction with Girl Scouts to encourage a group of girls while creating a mural. The mural project took place at an Arizona Girl Scout resident camp for a total of 11 days. Seven participants between the ages of 14-17 engaged in planning and executing a tile mosaic mural. The image they created remains as a permanent mural for the camp. Qualitative data includes responses to reflection questions and observations. Quantitative data consist of self-reported questionnaire scores before and after the mural project. The data is analyzed to understand if there was a difference in leadership traits and skills before and after instruction. Data is also used to see which leadership traits and/ or skills, if any, were impacted. Findings in the study reveal differences in leadership skills before and after instruction. However, there was not a significant impact to leadership traits. Specific skills that improved include those that involve communication and working with others. I conclude that adolescent girls became more aware of communicating effectively, adapting ideas to others, and working with others after they finished the mural. Additionally participants were more open to sharing thoughts near the end of the project than at the start. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Art 2014

La obra “El País del Silencio” es el resultado de un largo y difícil proceso de reflexión, creación y experimentación que a su vez está enmarcado en la realización de una obra que sirva para la consecución del título profesional de PINTOR de la Facultad de Artes de la Universidad de Chile. Pero más que eso, o además de eso, es parte de un proceso mucho mayor y complejo que es la búsqueda de un lenguaje propio y una identidad estética personal. Búsqueda que nace de una necesidad vital y de un cuestionamiento sobre el hecho de hacer arte hoy, que aunque muchas veces ha significado para mí recorrer un camino bastante solitario y espinoso creo que ha generado y seguirá generando muchos aprendizajes y resultados concretos.

Esta dissertação pretende analisar a pintura mural de Ângelo Lazzarini nas igrejas da Quarta Colônia, região localizada no centro geográfico do Rio Grande do Sul. Nesta abordagem analisamos principalmente o período compreendido entre 1955 e 1963, correspondendo à época em que este pintor realizou a maioria de seus murais na região. A análise utiliza-se de dados fornecidos por documentos paroquiais, entrevistas, observações locai s e levantamento fotográfico das obras, procurando resgatar a cronologia histórica da execução destes murais, assim como as técn icas utilizadas. As principais questões que orientaram estas atividades foram : com que intensidade esta produção foi influenciada por padrões da iconografia histórica européia? Quais os processos técnicos que nela intervieram? E por que suas formas parecem preservar padrões estilísticos que poderiam ser considerados distantes de seu período de maior expressão histórica? Questões estas, que procuramos responder, através da identificação da iconografia, da técnica e de documentos históricos. / This dissertation intends to analyse the mural paintings of Ângelo Lazzarini in the churches of Quarta Colônia, a region found in the geographical centre of Rio Grande do Sul. In this approach we mainly analyse the period between 1955 and 1963 which corresponds to the period when the painter carried out the majority of his murais in the region. The analysis makes use of data supplied by pari sh documents, interviews, local observation and photographic survey of the works, seeking to salvage the hi storical chronology of the execution of these murais as well as the techniques employed. The principal questions that directed these activities were: to what extent was this output infl uenced by the historical patterns of European iconography? VVhat are the technical processes that affected it? And, why do its forms seem to retain styl istic patte rns that could be considered to be removed from the historical period of their major manifestation? We try to answer these questions th rough identification of iconography, technique. and historical documents.

Práce zpracovává renesanční fasádní nástěnné malby a sgrafita v Prachaticích. Časově je práce vymezena 16. stoletím, kdy město vlastnili Rožmberkové. Největší rozkvět města je spojen s vládou Viléma z Rožmberka v 2. polovině 16. století, kdy ve městě také vnikly všechny výpravnější figurální výzdoby domů. Výzdoba jednotlivých domů odráží postupný majetkový vzestup prachatických měšťanů. Realizace z 50. a 60. let 16. století jsou spíše výtvarně a také technologicky skromnější. Největší vzepětí jak majetkové tak také umělecké lze sledovat od začátku 70. let. Hrdost měšťanů a jejich estetické nároky nejlépe dokládá výzdoba Staré radnice. Nesmírně zajímavá a kvalitní výzdoba prachatických domů otvírá jako celek řadu otázek. Vedle dílenských a uměleckých souvislostí s ostatními jihočeskými městy, je to problém autenticity památky. Na některých fasádách, které byly pokládány za renesanční, se již s renesanční malbou ve skutečnosti nesetkáme. Jedná se o barokní novotvary, které motivickými částmi navázaly na původní výzdobu. Výrazné jsou odkazy na Rožmberky, které připomíná téměř každá fasáda. To nelze vysvětlit jinak, než jako výraz subordinace majiteli panství a tamnímu panovníkovi. Rožmberky na počátku 17. století v této roli vystřídal český král a říšský císař. KLÍČOVÁ SLOVA - Prachatice - renesance -...

The subject of this study is to chronicle and elaborate on the existing mural paintings in our territory depicting Passion of Christ in the first half of the 14th century in particular, from the iconographic perspective. The cycles from the first half of the 14th century in this thesis are follows: (i) The Passion Cycle in St. Wenceslas church in Bubovice; (ii) The Passion Cycle in St. George church in Čebín; (iii) The Passion Cycle in St. Peter and St. Paul church in Dalešice; (iv) The Passion Cycle in St. Martin church in Dolní Město; (v) The Passion Cycle in castle Houska chapel; (vi) The Passion Cycle in St. John the Baptist church in Jindřichův Hradec; (vii) The Passion Cycle in St. James the Greater church in Křeč; (viii) The Passion Cycle in Church of the birth of the Virgin Mary in Starý Plzenec; (ix) The Passion Cycle in the Former Johanit Commandery and the Church of St. Prokop at Strakonice. Keywords: mural painting, 14th century, The Passion of Christ, iconography

Establece los elementos formales y simbólicos del lienzo El bautismo de Cristo, además de ser excepcionales, se sustentan en convenciones visuales apocalípticas que buscan un ágil reconocimiento didáctico y moral que a modo de catarsis ofrece respuestas espirituales y simbólicas al contexto de crisis súbita que Lima experimenta a partir del cataclismo de 1746. De acuerdo a las pocas fuentes disponibles sobre la vida de Manuel Paz, en agudo contraste con la calidad de la obra y el propio testimonio que deja el pintor en la firma de su lienzo, la envergadura del encargo El bautismo de Cristo respondería al prestigio que este pintor poseía a sus dieciocho años de edad, en el entorno pictórico limeño de primera mitad de siglo XVIII, por cierto, un periodo de producción artística poco estudiado por los estudios de historia del arte peruano. La descontextualización espacial del lienzo El bautismo de Cristo desarticula su lazo simbólico, estético y funcional con la arquitectura original del templo de San Lázaro. Pese a este factor, su actual exhibición en el templo es un claro indicador de su dependencia con este edificio monumental, lo que sugiere un vínculo orgánico con una parte específica del templo, probablemente su baptisterio. Los parámetros estéticos de la pintura limeña en el tránsito de la primera a la segunda mitad de siglo XVIII experimentan un cambio drástico a razón del impacto definitivo que deja el cataclismo de 1746 y del creciente absolutismo que experimenta la administración virreinal. El óleo de Paz demuestra caracteres de estilo que le posicionan como una obra intermedia entre ambos periodos, caracterizados el primero por un gusto ecléctico en el que confluyen vertientes estilísticas sevillanas, cusqueñas y flamencas, y el segundo por su orientación al clasicismo, vale decir, a un ideal canónico de belleza que busca el ilusionismo óptico, la mímesis y la cita ornamental de la antigüedad clásica. Según las afirmaciones sobre la participación de Paz en la serie de lienzos hagiográficos de San Pedro Nolasco en el convento de La Merced de Lima, la tendencia estilística general del conjunto sugiere que el autor atraviesa por un drástico cambio estilístico orientado hacia el gusto clasicista que caracteriza a la pintura epilogal del Virreinato. / Tesis

Mural art and its development in Czech republic This work deals with mural art as street art discipline. It briefly describes the development of muralism into the 20th century. Subsequently, he deals with the development of street art from the arrival of graffiti to the present, with the main emphasis being on mural art. The main part of the text shows this development in the Czech Republic, mentions the leading personalities of the Czech mural art scene and then maps its main centers and presents concrete examples of murals. Keywords Mural art, street art, graffiti, public space, Czech republic, art, Kaláb, Prague

Diploma thesis, titled "Mural painting in Bohemia in the 14th century" is focused on two particular locations, The Chapel of the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Český Rudolec and on the ancient minorit church of Saint John the Baptist in Jindřichův Hradec. The first part of this thesis deals with the contemporary, historical, political, religional and art situation and consequently discusses the question of the wall paintings of these two locations mentioned above in the broader context. The next two chapters are focused on the locations on their own and discuss their history and the history of the dynasties as the owners of these landed estates. In brief the thesis also presents the historical sacral monuments - the Church in Jindřichův Hradec and the Chapel in Český Rudolec, where the described wall paintings are situated. The main attention is devoted to the murals and to the iconographic motifs. The main goal of this thesis is to describe and assess the wall paintings in Český Rudolec and in Jindřichův Hradec and to interpret the wall paintings in Český Rudolec in terms of their style and iconographic context in which they have not been presented before.

- Master Wenceslas of Trident and mural painting of Bohemian origin in area of Trentino around 1400 This thesis primarily deals with cycles of mural painting associated with so called Master Wenceslas of Trento. This painter has been probably trained in Bohemia, but is attested for the first time at the court of Prince-Bishop of Trento, George of Liechtenstein. The first chapter analyses the current state of research. The history of the Trentino area follows. This part mainly focuses on political relations with Bohemia (2.3) and especially George of Liechtenstein, originally from Moravia (2.4). The following chapters describe individual cycles of painting - the frescoes in Eagl Tower on the castle Buonconsiglio of Trento, the cycle of mural painting in the cemetery chapel in Rifiano, the decoration of the church of St. Charles in Pergine, one scene in the passage under the tower of Meranos Parish Church, and the painting in village Termeno. The analyses of historical sources (8.1) as well as the comparison of each cycle led to the conclusion that the painter was the leader of a court workshop of Bishop George of Liechtenstein, which broke up in 1407. Then Wenceslas left to Merano. Wenceslas' personal style has evident signs of his training in Bohemia during the 70's of the 14th century, his contact...

This dissertation offers a wide-ranging examination of the half-length sacred figure over the door in medieval and early Renaissance Italian art. Drawing on a wealth of visual material that has attracted little attention among scholars, it argues that such images played a vital role in the religious lives of their beholders, transforming doorways into sites of devotional experience both within and beyond the church. Depicted incompletely, the holy body joined with the threshold below it to form a synthetic, composite image, one that invited the imaginative and corporeal participation of the viewer. This project employs various lenses to interpret the meaning and function of works about which scant written documentation comes down to us. In addition to considering scriptural metaphor and exegetical thought regarding the significance of doors, it explores the relationship of overdoor frescoes, mosaics, and reliefs to sacred icon panels, suggesting that the former might be recognized as wall icons, possessive of a heightened devotional appeal. It also uses overdoor images to illuminate broader spiritual and artistic concerns, including the nature of passage to the Christian afterlife, and the interaction between picture and frame, a topic central to Renaissance illusionism. Serving as an introduction to an important yet overlooked aspect of Italian visual culture, this text provides a conceptual framework for understanding a vast corpus of images that were essential to everyday piety, and that inflect our view of familiar art historical narratives.