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Beyond Fabric: The Early Barrel Works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1958-1962

Cekander, Megan (University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)

My thesis examines how artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude appropriated the oil drum as a charged medium when considering this object's various cultural connotations. As most scholarship have focused on the husband-and-wife ...
Echoes of Utopia: The Primary Preservation Dilemma of Brutalist-Planned Campuses

Casteel, David (University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)

This thesis analyzes the Brutalist Campus and its context within the collegiate environment of the 1950s-1970s. It first defines the significance of the nation-wide phenomenon by examining its social and physical ...
Martha Rosler's Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful, 1967-1972: An Interrogation of the American Dream

Ampe, Megan (University of Oregon, 2012)

Rosler’s 1967-1972 series, Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful conflates images of domestic interiors with images of combat related to the Vietnam War. This thesis places the series within the socio-political context ...
Personal Identity Through Architecture in Singapore at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century

Wingfield, Valerie (University of Oregon, 2012)

People from many different ethnic backgrounds settled in Singapore over the course of the nineteenth century, making new lives for themselves on an island with very little recent human habitation. The homes they chose to ...
Revolution through Beautiful Modern Art: René Herbst's Chaises Sandows and the Union des Artists Modernes (1929-1937)

Mounce, Kiersten (University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)

At the Salon d'Automne of 1929, French designer René Herbst (1891-1982) inaugurated the Chaises Sandows, a series of mass produced chairs built with seamless tubular steel and brightly colored elastic straps (sandows). The ...
Stealing Home: How American Society Preserves Major League Baseball Stadiums, Ballparks, & Fields

Grilc, Brandon (University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)

This study focuses on a cultural phenomenon that is driven by the demolition of Major League Baseball stadiums, ballparks, and fields. Prompted by their inherent role in the evolution of the sport and the inadequacies of ...
Tracing the Wild Beam: An Investigation of the Process Approach in Use at Prickly Mountain, Vermont

Greer, Kelsie (University of Oregon, 2014-06-17)

This thesis attempts to shed light on the process approach developed at Prickly Mountain, Vermont by investigating the influence of Yale professors Robert Engman and Chris Argyris. As a sculptor, Professor Engman influenced ...
Written in Thread: The Evolution of Quilting in the Bethel and Aurora Colonies

Flier, Hannah (University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)

According to current models, 19th century American quilts are presented as simple objects of cultural heritage or considered for their similarities to other forms of modern art. This thesis follows a three part approach ...