Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-322).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Ohio University, November, 2003. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-112)

International Passports: Portraits of the Nigerian Diaspora considers notions of 'alienation‘ and 'nation-hood‘ through the lens of portraiture. This dissertation addresses issues of identity and representation in a contemporary cultural context as they pertain to the concerns presented through my current visual practice. The paintings that I have produced from 'real‘ life are primarily depictions of Nigerian individuals, friends and acquaintances (professionals and students) residing in Grahamstown, South Africa as temporary or permanent migrants. I reference the mug shot pose of identity documents and passport photographs and render them in such a way that ideas of their persona are subject to the viewer‘s gaze and deliberations, thus provoking the spectator to consider questions of 'otherness‘ and 'stereotypes‘. This provocation is subtle and complex, and in many ways I am offering the viewer a 're-looking‘, an opportunity to examine one‘s moral position and subsequent implication within the act of stereotyping an 'other‘ individual. The initial idea within this body of work was to paint images of Nigerian nationals exclusively, yet the restrictive nature of such categorization pushed me to complicate certain nationalist ideologies through the inclusion of non-Nigerian individuals. I look specifically at notions of the 'other‘ and 'strangeness‘ in a contemporary South African context and how this connects to the concept of portraiture and not simply portraiture theory but also the social theory in relation to how people are 'imaged‘. Throughout this thesis I consider several theoretical concerns in portraiture practice and discourse whilst simultaneously unpacking the psychological and social contexts that influence my practice.

Abstract {\clqq}Images of Friends`` Contemporary portrait paintings in the works of European women artists Collection of works inspired by relationships and people The graduation thesis is divided into two main parts. The first one deals with the contemporary portrait paintings of European women artists; the second one concerns the ideological and technical aspect of their work. In the theoretical part of the thesis I am concerned with the diverse conceptions of portrait painting of the European women artists from the 2nd half of the 19th century until now. I have highlighted the factors which define the changes in topicality and character of the portrait painting of the artists. Within this context I have traced the influence of emancipation of the artists on their work, the influence of the visual media on the portrait genre itself, the diverse conceptions of portrait painting arising from respect to traditions of the genre or diversion from the traditions. The text also contains self-reflective parts connected to the work itself and supplementary material concerning the technical side of the work. The practical part of my thesis comprises documentation of a collection of twelve portraits.

Orientador: Maria de Fátima Morethy Couto / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T08:02:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MariuzzoJunior_Osvaldo_M.pdf: 32441693 bytes, checksum: b23ed459f366d99a2b24d80e27dc321c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Egas Francisco pinta telas há mais de cinqüenta anos, sustentou-se durante todos esses anos com o dinheiro que recebe pela venda de suas obras e pelo ensino de artes, que por vezes o ajudou a sobreviver. Não é objetivo desse trabalho encaixar todas as peças do enorme quebra-cabeças que é a vida de um artista. Quem já brincou com um jogo assim, dos grandes, sabe que ele tem partes mais coloridas e luminosas, fáceis de montar e outras monocromáticas e escuras, que podem deixar quem está montando quase maluco. A tarefa aqui é apenas de começar a montagem das peças que estão espalhadas sobre a mesa. Começamos pela parte fácil, que salta aos olhos, os retratos e auto-retratos. Faremos reflexões sobre esse gênero de pintura que tanto agrada a Egas Francisco realizar. Não temos a intenção nem a pretensão de esgotar o assunto, apenas trazer alguma luz e gerar novas interrogações e questionamentos / Abstract: Egas Francisco is painter for over fifty years. He has held up over the years with the money he receives from the sale of his works and art classes, which sometimes helped him to survive. It is not the purpose of this study fit all the pieces of the huge puzzle that is the life of an artist. Anyone who has played this game knows he has shares more colorful and bright, easy to assemble and other monochromatic and dark parts, which may leave almost crazy those who are mounting. The task here is only to start assembling the parts that are scattered on the table. We began with the easy part: portraits and self portraits. We will make reflections on this genre of painting which pleases both Egas Francisco accomplish. We have neither the intention nor the pretension to exhaust the subject. For now we just want bring some light and generate new questions and challenges about this subject / Mestrado / Artes Visuais / Mestre em Artes

Le XIXe siècle a vu s’épanouir de nombreux discours autour du crime sanglant : alors que la médecine cherchait sur et dans les corps les symptômes d’un mal intériorisé, la littérature accueillit avec une admiration teintée d’effroi les figures de la violence, dans une rencontre des peurs archaïques, des traumatismes de l’Histoire (Révolution et Empire) et des nouvelles méthodes épistémologiques. Les étiologies scientifiques comme les romans forgèrent alors des types criminels, le mal se parant d’attributs et de caractéristiques qui placèrent le corps criminel au confluent de la singularité et du partage. Compris comme signe de reconnaissance, la violence se dota alors d’une signalétique propre fonctionnant à la fois comme principe d’exclusion et d’inclusion.Contemporain de telles représentations, Balzac compose une œuvre peuplée de meurtriers et d’assassins en tout genre attestant a minima l’enregistrement des préoccupations du temps. Cette thèse se propose ainsi d’étudier les personnages homicides du romancier à la lumière des théories et des fictions du crime de manière à en évaluer l’influence sur la poétique balzacienne. En effet, la comparaison des romans de l’auteur avec les corpus criminologiques et fictionnels de la première moitié du XIXe siècle vise à déterminer dans quelle mesure et suivant quelles modalités le corps homicide balzacien met en scène une culpabilité oscillant entre marginalisation et fédération. / The 19th century saw the flourishing of discourses on bloody crime : as doctors examining bodies inside out were looking for the symptoms of internalized evil, literature contemplated the violent characters with a fear-tinted admiration resulting from the convergence of ancient fears, historical traumas from the French Revolution and the Empire, and epistemological methods. Scientific etiology and novels gave birth to criminal types, and Evil took on attributes and features which defined the criminal body as both one of singularity and share. Violence became recognizable, thus developing characteristics of its own according to the principles of inclusion and exclusion. Balzac saw the developing of these representations, and his work is therefore teeming with criminals and assassins of all sorts who bear witness to the novelist’s acquaintance with the concerns of his time. In the light of the theories and fiction on crime, this thesis offers a study of the novelist's assassins in order to gauge their influence on Balzacian literature. Indeed, a comparison between a scientific and fictional syllabus of the first half of the 19th century shall help one determine how and to what extent the Balzacian criminal embodies a culpability wavering between marginality and association.

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In 1909 the composer Gustav Mahler and the sculptor Auguste Rodin, arguably the greatest composer and the greatest sculptor of the time, met in Paris. Both were transitional figures in their respective fields, representing the end of an era in their creative work. Their respective legacies nevertheless also inaugurated new ideas and inspired younger composers and sculptors. Rodin sculpted two portraits of Mahler, one of which — in pure white marble — is the main focus of the article. The refinement and beauty of this work is different from Rodin's male portraits in that the head is stylised like many of his female portraits, an ambiguity compounded by the fact that Alma Mahler, the composer's wife, wrote in her memoirs that Rodin fell in love with his model during the sittings. An understanding of the marble bust calls for an analysis of the life and work of the composer, fraught with ambiguities - as reflected in that superb portrait.

The purpose of this project is to create a group of paintings/portraits of two close friends, using the medium of oil bars on gessoed paper. This medium will be explained in the text of the paper. The paintings were an attempt to describe aspects of personality that I see in my friends, their own personal struggles and victories. I observed these changes first hand. I told the story of these changes, as they evolved, in the paintings.The six paintings explore the naturalistic style which is new for me. It will open other avenues of visual expression. It was necessary for me to spend time in research and study of other contemporary artists who have worked with the figure and portraits. The study of other artists is an artistic discipline that helped me clarify, in my own mind, the purpose and problem-solving that took place in the course of my study. / Department of Art

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-32).