Fascias
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A paper which considers the development of fascias and signage, with reference to the change from hand-lettering to mass produced signage and the current trend towards making signage appropriate to the environment. Bibliography lists 9 sources
Filename: JL2fasc.rtf

Fashion Counterfeiting
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of this little known secret of the fashion industry. Although counterfeiters on the streets are obvious, the less obvious infiltration in department stores is also problematic. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA016cou.rtf

Fashion: Nylon, WWII, and Economics in the 20th Century
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A 7 page paper which discusses various aspects of fashion in the 20th century. The invention of nylon is discussed, as well as the liberation of women through WWII, and how economics effected fashion through the 20th century. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAfashnyln.wps

Female identity in Marnie and Jeanne Dielman
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A paper which considers the phenomenon of the male gaze in feminist cinema, illustrated with reference to the movies Marnie and Jeanne Dielman. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JL2jeanne.rtf

Feminist Art : (Art & Feminism)
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A 5 page essay discussing how art has evolved to capture the feminist movement and reflect its struggles. The writer is pro-feminist. Bibliography lists 3 sources w/ end notes.
Filename: Artfemin.wps

Feminist Perspective On The Postmodern Body In Art
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12 pages in length. The female form has long been admired through the painstaking efforts of artist renderings. Historical art has portrayed women as gentle, nurturing entities with a strong yet gentle demeanor. However, in postmodernity all that the body previously signified has disappeared; once inescapable and the genesis of identity, now it is like a ghost that haunts our flesh. Is technology and education the combined culprits of such an experience? Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCbody.wps

Foucault, Power, Knowledge And The Art Of Video
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This 6 page paper explores the philosophies of Mihel Foucault in regards to power and knowledge and how it pertains to the study of human interaction. T. Kim Trang Tran's documentary of the plight of Cambodian women under the Khmer Rouge is examined in light of Foucault's theories. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTfouvid.wps

Frankfurt School & View on Mass Culture
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A 10 page research paper that discusses view of the Frankfurt school in regards to popular culture. This group of scholars maintained a Marxist-influenced orientation to art that perceived mass culture as the primary cause for the disappearance of individualism in art and marked it as a cultural evil to be resisted. The writer focuses on the aesthetic philosophy of Adorno, Horkheimer and Benjamin. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khfrfurt.rtf

From Romanticism to Sexism / The Portrayal of Women in 18th Century Art
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A 5 page research paper focusing on how women are portrayed in 18th century art. The paper focuses on Fragonard and Goya. Substantial background is given on these artists and consequently how women are viewed in their works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Artfemi3.wps

German Expressionism and the Horror Film
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(5pp) Is it that life imitates art, or art that imitates life? It is a puzzle that has tweaked historians for a long time. There are instances where some clear cut parallels can be drawn. One of these is the connection and influence that can be made between German expressionism and the horror film. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBgerexp.doc

Government Spending & The Arts
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A 4 page essay on the National Endowment for the Arts (N.E.A.) and the tragedy of cut funding at various levels. Using the opinions of those cited in research, the writer makes the argument that it's not too late for us to still do something about this problem and increase funding for the arts so that the future will not become a bleak and comparatively "artless" one. To date, a problem is seen in the fact that artists are compelled not to create works that appeal to the public, but rather to the grant makers. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Nea.wps

Goya: Response To The Dominant Orthodoxies Of Church And State
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6 pages in length. The writer assumes the identity of Spanish artist Francisco de Goya in answering accusation of his blatant disregard for the dominant orthodoxies of Church and State. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCGoya.rtf

Graffiti
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This 5 page paper consider the phenomenon of graffiti, the emotions it generates, the reason it occurs and the role it may be seen to play in a social context. The writer considers graffiti as both a form of vandalism as well as a coping mechanism that is seen after disaster such as in the US and 1997 Red River Valley floods and in Israel the assassination of the Yitzhak Rabin. The bibliography cites 9 sources.
Filename: TEgrafit.rtf

Greek and Roman Art:
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This 5 page paper discusses the details of both Greek and Roman art, and arrives at the conclusion that Greek art contributed more to the development of each civilization. This paper provides support for this thesis based on the different contributions from different periods of art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSGrkart.rtf

Heritage and Non Heritage Developments
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Social and Economic Values This 10 page paper considers the value in economic terms as well as social, political and cultural perspectives of different types of regeneration projects to develop tourist attractions and generate incomes for the locality. To illustrate this the examples of The Wigan Pier Experience, Wigan and the Lowry Centre, Leeds, are used. The paper considers why they may be successfully, and the role they play in a modern society, with the economic impact as a side effect of this success. This includes consideration of how the past is interpreted, social constructs and the value of alternate presentation methods. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
Filename: TEherdev.rtf

HIGGINS NOTION OF INTERMEDIA VERSUS GREENBERG’S IDEA OF MEDIUM
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This 4 page paper discusses Dick Higgin's ideas of intermedia contrasted with the views of Clement Greenberg's theories of art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MBartmed.rtf

Historical and Visual Analysis of Pablo Picasso’s “Weeping Woman with Handkerchief” (1937)
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A 6 page paper which examines this painting from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, identifies appropriate artistic methodology, and explains the significant issues this work addressed during its own historical period, then compares this to where the painting appears in contemporary visual culture as a way of considering how its connotations may have changed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGweepwom.rtf