Canadian artist Helen McNicoll (1879-1915) has long been neglected in art historical scholarship. Although well-known and well-regarded during her lifetime, her work has since been marginalized as feminine and dismissed as old-fashioned. Through the lens of a modernist art historical tradition that has privileged the urban and masculine above all else, McNicoll's Impressionist depictions of sunlit beaches, open fields, and rural women at work may indeed seem quaintly nostalgic. In this thesis, I argue that these images can and should be seen as both representations of modernity and assertions of feminist thought. McNicoll travelled throughout England and Europe, and across the Atlantic Ocean in search of artistic subject matter; viewed within the context of tourism---which has been theorized as a fundamentally modern activity---her images appear modern in ways that have not traditionally been recognized.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Leiden, 2001. / "Stellingen" (2 p.) tipped in. Includes bibliographical references (p. 486-500) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1985. / Vol. 3, consists of a catalogue raisonne of the works of the artist. Typescript (photocopy). Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1986. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 533-606).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Akron, School of Family and Consumer Science: Clothing, Textiles, and Interiors, 2006. / "December, 2006." Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed 08/20/2007) Advisor, Virginia Gunn; Faculty readers, Sandra Buckland, Teena Jennings-Rentenaar; Director, School of Family and Consumer Science, Richard Glotzer; Dean of the College, James M. Lynn; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.

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Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a tipografia pintada no centro da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. A escolha da área de pesquisa busca mensurar a importância da pintura manual como técnica de produção de elementos tipográficos na paisagem urbana de um bairro central de uma grande cidade, bem como a situação atual do ofício dos pintores de letras, principais responsáveis pela sua produção. Foi realizado um levantamento fotográfico extensivo por toda área, assim como uma série de entrevistas com os pintores. Uma revisão bibliográfica buscou identificar onde outros trabalhos dessa natureza são contextualizados à luz da teoria do design, principalmente através da investigação do vernacular como categoria analítica. Foram buscadas referências históricas relacionadas ao ofício da pintura de letras, a fim de comparações com o discurso dos pintores atuais, do qual foram apropriados elementos que, juntamente com a teoria do design e da tipografia, foram utilizados para a construção de um sistema de análise, que incluiu entre suas diretrizes a produção de dados quantitativos que permitam identificar os recursos mais recorrentes que constituem a linguagem gráfica pesquisada. / This research aims to analyze the hand painted typography in uptown Rio de Janeiro city. One of the aims in choosing this area for analysis was to measure the importance of hand painting as a technique for producing typographic elements in the urban landscape of a central neighborhood of a big city. Another aim was to analyze the current state of the letter painters craft, who are mainly responsible for producing these elements. An extensive photographic survey sought out to identify where other works of this nature were contextualized in design theory, mainly through the investigation of the vernacular as analytical category. Historic references related to the craft of letter painting were collected for the purpose of comparison with what the current painters have to say. From these speeches, elements were taken andconsidered alongside design and typography theories, and used to build an analysis system. Among the guidelines of this analysis system is the production of quantitative data that enable to identify the most recurrent resources that comprise the graphic language investigated.

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Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar a tipografia pintada no centro da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. A escolha da área de pesquisa busca mensurar a importância da pintura manual como técnica de produção de elementos tipográficos na paisagem urbana de um bairro central de uma grande cidade, bem como a situação atual do ofício dos pintores de letras, principais responsáveis pela sua produção. Foi realizado um levantamento fotográfico extensivo por toda área, assim como uma série de entrevistas com os pintores. Uma revisão bibliográfica buscou identificar onde outros trabalhos dessa natureza são contextualizados à luz da teoria do design, principalmente através da investigação do vernacular como categoria analítica. Foram buscadas referências históricas relacionadas ao ofício da pintura de letras, a fim de comparações com o discurso dos pintores atuais, do qual foram apropriados elementos que, juntamente com a teoria do design e da tipografia, foram utilizados para a construção de um sistema de análise, que incluiu entre suas diretrizes a produção de dados quantitativos que permitam identificar os recursos mais recorrentes que constituem a linguagem gráfica pesquisada. / This research aims to analyze the hand painted typography in uptown Rio de Janeiro city. One of the aims in choosing this area for analysis was to measure the importance of hand painting as a technique for producing typographic elements in the urban landscape of a central neighborhood of a big city. Another aim was to analyze the current state of the letter painters craft, who are mainly responsible for producing these elements. An extensive photographic survey sought out to identify where other works of this nature were contextualized in design theory, mainly through the investigation of the vernacular as analytical category. Historic references related to the craft of letter painting were collected for the purpose of comparison with what the current painters have to say. From these speeches, elements were taken andconsidered alongside design and typography theories, and used to build an analysis system. Among the guidelines of this analysis system is the production of quantitative data that enable to identify the most recurrent resources that comprise the graphic language investigated.

This thesis aims to contextualise my curation of 'Tretchikoff: The People's Painter' at the Iziko South African National Gallery by outlining the process by which I came to embark on this project and to examine the concepts of mass art and kitsch in relation to the painter. Mass art, in Noel Carroll's explication of the term, is art that utilises industrial processes of replication. Carroll argues that this leads to specific formal and structural tendencies in this art which have much in common with the pejorative concept of kitsch, or art that is lacking in taste or effuses excessive emotion. The latter term was and continues to be applied to Tretchikoff. Although some have attempted to 'reclaim' the word as a positive concept the negative associations that link this term to Tretchikoff are strong. Interrogating these concepts led me to decide to curate TretchikofPs retrospective by focusing on his painting and not including the prints for which he was so well known. Awareness of the complex associations and 'received knowledge' that his prints engender has influenced several curatorial decisions that I have taken. I consider the intellectual underpinnings of my curatorial strategy and argue for an 'open' exhibition which gives the viewer the opportunity to assess his work and legacy in an objective manner, free from as much curatorial mediation and didacticsm as possible. There are no answers to be offered in my curation of Tretchikxiff the People's Painter, rather I have aimed to set up dialogues, discussions, confrontations and challenges; I have offered simple relationships rather than complex juxtapositions I have aimed to position the artwork as the centre of the engagement relative to the viewer.

Quinze femmes artistes seront admises à l’Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture entre 1663 et 1793. Depuis laRenaissance, en Europe et en France, un petit nombre de femmes bénéficie d’une certaine renommée aussi biennationale qu’internationale, dans les arts, la littérature et les sciences, ouvrant ainsi la voie à de nouveaux talents. Cesfemmes sont notamment encouragées par les thèses philosophiques de François Poulain de la Barre (1647-1723) quivont leur permettre d’occuper une place de plus en plus privilégiée au sein d’une société qui se cristallise autour dessalons. Ce sont de petites réunions où savantes et artistes invitent chez elles hommes et femmes pour discuter delittérature, de philosophie, d’art mais aussi de politique. Ces lieux très courus connaissent un grand succès à la fin duXVIIe siècle et tout au long du XVIIIe siècle. La réception des premières femmes à l’Académie se fait dans ce climattout à fait favorable aux femmes tant sur le plan social et culturel, que politique.Mais cette admission n’en reste pas moins précaire. Effectivement après l’entrée de Catherine Perrot, le 31 janvier 1682,il faudra attendre près de quarante ans, soit le 26 octobre 1720, pour que soit à nouveau admise une peintre : RosalbaCarriera. Certes, elles ouvrent les portes de cette institution, mais elles ne restent pas moins exclues de nombreusesactivités et de plusieurs privilèges. Elles n’ont pas le droit d’assister aux cours d’après le modèle vivant – lequel pose nu– leçons pourtant fondamentales dans l’enseignement promu par l’Académie, ni de concourir aux grands prix, pourtantau coeur du système d’émulation, en fait les académiciennes n’auront jamais accès aux postes à responsabilité. Pourtantelles ont contribué à réinventer le paysage artistique français et plus particulièrement le genre du portrait. Prônant lenaturel, elles contribuèrent à renouveler le vestiaire féminin avec des tenues plus légères et vaporeuses. Mal perçues parla critique, ces nouvelles chemises appelées gaules, participèrent à la simplification des portraits officiels. En mêmetemps, la féminisation des portraitistes de cour offre de plus grandes possibilités aux femmes peintres. Poussant leslimites toujours plus loin, elles réussirent par le biais des portraits historiés à investir la peinture d’histoire, genre réservéaux peintres les plus aboutis et qui maîtrisent bien l’anatomie.Leurs contemporains à travers leurs écrits ou leurs oeuvres artistiques proposèrent une image idéalisée, truquée parfoistrompée de ces académiciennes. Femmes de talent, femmes ambitieuses, les académiciennes réussirent malgré tout àimposer une nouvelle vision de la femme peintre. / Fifteen women artists will be admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture between 1663 and 1793. Sincethe Renaissance, Europe and France, a small number of women enjoys a certain reputation both nationally andinternationally, in arts, literature and science, thus opening the way for new talent. These women are particularlyencouraged by the philosophical theses of Francois Poulain de la Barre (1647-1723) which will enable them to occupy amore privileged in a society that crystallizes around lounges. They are small and scholarly meetings where artists invitehome men and women to discuss literature, philosophy, art but also politics. These very popular places with greatsuccess in the late seventeenth century and throughout the eighteenth century. The reception of the first women to theAcademy is in this climate quite favorable to women both socially and culturally, and politically.But this admission only remains precarious. Indeed after the entry of Catherine Perrot, January 31, 1682, it will takealmost forty years, October 26, 1720, that is again admitted a painter Rosalba Carriera. Certainly, they open the doors ofthis institution, but they are nonetheless excluded from many activities and many privileges. They do not have the rightto attend classes of the living model - which poses naked - yet fundamental lessons in teaching promoted by theAcademy, nor to compete with great prices, yet in the heart of the system emulation in fact the academicians will neverhave access to positions of responsibility. Yet they have helped to reinvent the French artistic landscape and especiallythe portrait genre. Advocating natural, they helped to renew the female locker room with more light and gauzy outfits.Badly perceived by critics, these new shirts called saplings, took part in the simplification of official portraits. At thesame time, the feminization of court portraitists offer greater opportunities to women painters. Pushing the limits stillfurther, they succeeded through portraits to invest storied history painting, genre reserved for the most accomplishedpainters and good command of anatomy.Their contemporaries through their writings or artistic works proposed an idealized image, faked sometimes deceivedthese academicians. talented women, ambitious women, academicians still managed to impose a new vision of thewoman painter.