Sökning: "Contemporary Paintings"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 uppsatser innehållade orden Contemporary Paintings.
1. En utmanad bildtradition - En formalestetisk undersökning och analys av Ellen Trotzigs Självporträtt från 1906
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperSammanfattning : This thesis examines the self-portrait made the year 1906 by the Swedish artist Ellen Trotzig. Bought by the Gothenburg Museum of Art in 1908, it remains one out of five contemporary oil paintings made by female artists that the museum purchased during the years between 1900 - 1910. LÄS MER
2. Rasism i USA genom två konstnärer och deras kritikers ögon : Hur Philip Guston och Henry Taylor uppmärksammar förtryck mot afroamerikaner och hur de har bemötts av kritiker och konstnärliga institutioner
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This essay investigates how Philip Guston and Henry Taylor explore the subject of African American oppression in their art and how they have been received by critics and art institutions. Using semiotics based on Hans Haydens article “Den omplacerade koden: Om Edgar Degas Interiör”, this essay explores how meaning is created in signs existing within the respective artists’ works. LÄS MER
3. Ny sjukdom, gamla bilder : En bildsemiotisk undersökning av parafrasers bildstrukturer och betydelser under coronapandemin
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to study the structures and contents of art paraphrases during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic through semiotics, intertextuality and intermediality, to create an understanding of what the reuse, or appropriation, of art can mean and which roles it could play in a contemporary visual culture. To achieve this, six “Covid paraphrases” are analysed alongside a rich complementary material collected from November 2021—February 2023 through netnographic methods focused on the social media platform Instagram. LÄS MER
4. ZAHRTMANN OCH KVINNORNA : En genusanalys av Kristian Zahrtmanns historiska kvinnoportrtätt.
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikSammanfattning : During the 19th and early 20th century, a time where the woman’s primary role was the mother, Kristian Zahrtmann’s distinctive history paintings were on the contrary often fronted by strong female subjects. Not only did he paint historical women who had peculiar lives, but he allowed them to take on complex gender roles during a time where women’s lives were tightly restricted by domestication and beauty. LÄS MER
5. Pluderhosor, pomander och påhitt : Föreställningar om Vasarenässansens kläder i 1800-talets historiemåleri
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis concerns six Swedish history paintings from 1864 until 1897 with motifs depicting the Swedish renaissance. The purpose of the thesis is to examine the influence of 19th century fashion on the depiction of garments from the renaissance, and what this portrayal deflects concerning the artists contemporary vision of fashion and bodily ideals in the 16th century. LÄS MER
