Essays about: "early abstract art"
Found 3 essays containing the words early abstract art.
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1. Breaking Myths! : Unveiling the storytelling processes in the reception of Hilma af Klint from the 1980s and 2010s
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : This dissertation studies the critical reception of Hilma af Klint trough three exhibitions: Spiritual in Art – Abstract Painting 1890-1985 (Los Angeles, 1986), Secret Pictures by Hilma af Klint, (Helsinki, 1988) and Hilma af Klint – A Pioneer of Abstraction (Stockholm, 2013), addressing the crucial prominent figures and voices in the discursive field around af Klint. The aim is carried out through the Critical Discourse Analysis by Norman Fairclough, coupled with Pierre Bourdieu's concept of the cultural field and habitus. READ MORE
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2. Inger Ekdahl : Swedish Abstract Expressionism
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : Inger Ekdahl was a female painter at the center of Swedish Abstract Expressionism in the fifties. This essay investigates how her art was received in Stockholm and Paris. READ MORE
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3. Ideas and tradition behind Chinese and Western landscape design : similarities and differences
University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)Abstract : As a historical and cultural connection, the Chinese traditional landscape not only reflects the different historical backgrounds of all the successive dynasties, the social economical vicissitude, architectural techniques, and gardening levels objectively and veritably, but also reflects the evolution of Chinese point view on nature, life and world. It was characterized by different types, and these types were divided by different owners’ identities or different locations. READ MORE
