Call number: LD2668 .T4 1951 L8 / Master of Science

A description of the artistic education and development of the author, Frank Gunter, along with an account of how he conceived of and created several paintings. / "June, 1960." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Adolf Karl, Professor Directing Paper.

The creative project was the end result of a year of focused exploration and development in the areas of painting and drawing. The artist created a group of five oil paintings and four mixed media drawings which culminated her year of work. The pieces were exhibited on Ball State University campus as well as being documented and evaluated in a thesis paper.A strong belief in the importance of the ability to pursue an idea or concept to its furthest point led the artist to set the goals of the project. While working on the project, the artist honed her technical skills, and strengthened her personal aesthetic by her discovery and research of painters who based their work in similar beliefs.The accomplishment of the goals she had set forth was the first step on the artist's journey to becoming a professional, exhibiting artist. / Department of Art

Portrait painting is an art form that has been used by artists for years. I am using the portrait to convey a story. The story follows a boy's process of becoming a man. The discovery of old family photographs initially inspired the project. The rite of passage theme stems from this inquiry into the process of growing up. Several artists inspired my work in the formal and conceptual aspects of my portraits. Those artists include Paula Rego, Chuck Close, and Robert Henri. "Rites of passage" is a phrase that carries with it many meanings and issues. This creative project is both a consideration of the rites of passage theme and an investigation of the painted portrait. / Department of Art

A description of the artistic education and development of the author, William Harold Hopper, along with an account of how he conceived of and created several paintings. / "August, 1960." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Advisor: Karl Zerbe, Professor Directing Paper.

A discussion of the artistic education and development of the author, Stanley Boris Pransky, along with a commentary on the paintings of his one man exhibition. / "August, 1960." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Karl Zerbe, Professor Directing Paper.

A discussion of the artistic education and development of the author, Artemis Skevakis Jegart, along with a commentary on the paintings of his one man exhibition. / "January, 1953." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Edmund D. Lewandowski, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 40).

"My understanding of the purpose of this paper is the criticism and evaluation of the candidate's exhibition, as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree. I interpret this program as it applies not only to the paintings collectively and individually, but as it affects the observer. An evaluation of the paintings as a group will involve a critical discussion of their individual merits and their place in the process of development, as well as a clarification of purpose to help explain their existence. This clarification, to be amplified later, must necessarily touch on the area dealing with values which give life import for me, since art is a way of living and growing, and the paintings are a record of it"--Chapter 1. / "February, 1952." / Typescript. / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Edmund D. Lewandowski, Major Professor. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 39).

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The ambition of this creative project was to portray the communication between individuals of our time, which is being made shabby by the effect of technological life. As an artist, I am dealing with the issue of our sense of respect for each other and how much we are aware of each other.This study includes the art works of artists Robert Motherwell and Joan Mitchell by whom I have been inspired. I have learned a lot from their art works and from their philosophies. I will describe my art works one by one in terms of the techniques that I have used, and the feelings behind them. / Department of Art