Inaug.-Diss.--Heidelberg. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 320-327.

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2009. / Directed by Kathleen Casey; submitted to the Dept. of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jun. 8, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-120).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--City University of New York, 1988. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1988. / Illustrations on p. 516-633 of the original dissertation were not filmed at the request of the author. Includes bibliographical references (p. 472-498).

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The Neo-Orientalism of Matisse's The Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra), and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, both of 1907, exists in the similarity of the extreme distortion of the female form and defines the different meanings attached to these "ugly" women relative to distinctive notions of erotic and exotic imagery. To understand Neo-Orientalism, that is, 19th century Orientalist concepts which were filtered through Primitivism in the 20th century, the racial, sexual and class antagonisms of the period, which not only influenced attitudes towards erotic and exotic imagery, but also defined and categorized humanity, must be considered in their historical context. My introduction is an investigation of current art historical scholarship which has linked the manipulation of form by Matisse and Picasso and shifting avant-garde practice in Paris in the years 1905 - 1908, when Cubism displaced Fauvism, to the concepts of Orientalism and Primitivism. The problem of the ideological content of images of women, which I undertake to address, arises from these studies which rely upon the assumed metaphysical fascination with the exotic or the intuitive, personal concern for erotic symbolism by the artists as a solution to meaning. The absence of a rich critical discourse surrounding the paintings encourages my approach to the problem of meaning whereby in Chapter One I examine images of women produced in Paris in the specific discourses of popular and official culture in 1906. These representations of the female are identified as ideological constructions which functioned in relation to the important and broader issues of the moment affecting the dominance of French culture: class struggle and neo-colonialism. In Chapter Two the "ugly" women of Matisse's The Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra) and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon are analysed as intended avant-garde transformations of images of female prostitutes and compared with the Images of women In popular and official culture and with each other, In recognition of their function within the historical context of their production. In conclusion I suggest that the difference in meaning between these paintings by Matisse and Picasso was Ideological, operating within the context of class struggle and neo-colonialism, and defined by their distinctive conscious and unconscious use of Primitivism. / Arts, Faculty of / Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Department of / Graduate

M.A. (Fine Arts) / The predominant artistic motif in the art of Irma Stern is the fecale figure. Stern prefers certain "types" of females in her art - that of young girls, of adolescents, of female workers, of nudes, of brides, of mature women and of mothers. This dissertation aims to show that these different motifs are not isolated, but rather interrelated to elicit a holistic symbolic syntax in the art of Stern. The symbolic relevance is extended with regard to her personalized world and with regard to the world around her. In Chapter 1 the female figure is analysed in terms of its forma7 qualities and the types of motifs in the art of Stern are juxtaposed with the characteristic types of motif preferred by the German Expressionists. It is noted that the female figure in the art of Stern is closely associated with the cultivation of the land - so much so that a cycle emerges which includes such activities as planting, bearing fruit and harvestirg. Other motifs such as young girls, adolescents and mature women indicate a cycle in the physiological as well as psychic development of the female. In Chapter 2 the symbolic meaning of the motifs is discussed in terms of the cultivation cycle of the land and the cycle tracing the deveThpment of the female. A corollary is also established between the female's role in the cultivation of the land and the female's own development. Chapter 3 examines the symbolic relevance of the art of Stern in terms of her ontogenetic development as human being in relation to society and in terms of the phylogenetic development of society itself. The relevance of the female principle in the art of Stern is evauated in terms of the above approach in the final chapter.

Orientador(a): Rita Luciana Berti Bredariolli / Banca: Rejane Coutinho / Banca: Renata Bittencourt / Resumo: Por meio deste trabalho propõe-se uma análise pedagógica a partir das concepções engajada de bell hooks e decolonial de Catherine Walsh para a obra Mulatas (1927) do artista visual Di Cavalcanti. Além disso, complementa-se com visualidades positivas para a representação de mulheres negras nas artes visuais / Abstract: This work proposes a pedagogical analysis from Catherine Walsh's engaging conceptions of bell hooks and decolonial for the work Mulatas (1927) by the visual artist Di Cavalcanti. In addition, it complements itself with positive visuals for the representation of black women in the visual arts / Mestre

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.