Essays about: "Iconology"

Found 4 essays containing the word Iconology.

1. 1. Isobel Gloag and The Woman with the Puppets : A Feminist Reading

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för musik och bild (MB)

   Author : Cecilia Doyle; [2024]
   Keywords : Feminist; Isobel Gloag; The Woman with the Puppet; Female nude; Nude; Male Gaze; Turn of the Century; Puppets; Britain; Female Artist; Patriarchy; Panofsky; Iconology; Bourdieu; Aavitsland; Pollock; Nead; Silcock;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate The Woman with the Puppets by Isobel Gloag from a feminist perspective, to find how it challenge the male gaze and patriarchy. I also seek to understand how other female artists past and present compare to Gloag’s painting. READ MORE

3. 2. Forever young : A study of the correspondence between sculptures of Aphrodite and Venus and the female physical ideal in ancient literature

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Tobias Krönström; [2020]
   Keywords : Venus; Aphrodite; beauty; sculpture; beauty ideals;

   Abstract : This study aims to explore how the goddesses of beauty Aphrodite and Venus were portrayed in sculpture in comparison to physical beauty, as attested in ancient texts. The study uses iconography and iconology to analyse the sculptures and semiotics to analyse the ancient texts. READ MORE

4. 3. An Empathetic Space

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Fannie Frederikke Baden; [2019]
   Keywords : virtual reality; immersion; installation art; phenomenology; intermediality; art history; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : The technological development has provided the art scene with many new opportunities of including the spectator as an active part of an artwork. Moreover, one could argue that some artworks have grown to rely on the spectators participation to function to its full extent. READ MORE

5. 4. Robert Langdon's Hero's Journey : Reading the Novels of Dan Brown with the perspective of the Monomyth

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Emma Klevskog; [2017]
   Keywords : Robert Langdon; Hero s Journey; Female Helpers; Dan Brown; Joseph Campbell; The Monomyth; The Da Vinci Code; Inferno; Angels and Demons; The Lost Symbol.;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the characteristics of Robert Langdon and his female helpers in Dan Brown’s novels Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost symbol and Inferno.  In each of these novels, the quests are always solved by a male-female team. READ MORE