Art History Theses and Dissertations

Walley, Akiko Schlotzhauer, May 2013-10-10T23:19:53Z 2013-10-10T23:19:53Z 2013-10-10 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13432 The Baramon is a handmade kite from the Gotô Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Its motif features a fierce ogre biting an ornate warrior's helmet. Today, the Baramon is widely recognized as a unique Gotô product. However, nearby regions of Nagasaki also produce similar traditional kites. How and why was the Baramon's exclusive connection to Gotô cultivated and how does it affect notions of regional identity in contemporary Gotô? This thesis argues that while the Baramon belongs to the broader repertoire of Nagasaki kite types, the people of Gotô have gradually appropriated it as a regional symbol by selectively associating particular aspects of Gotô culture and history with the kite's iconography and shape. Consequently, it has become an officially recognized emblem of Gotô. Moreover, the playful transmutation of the Baramon continues in the tourist industry's continuous efforts to revitalize Gotô's image by promoting local history and culture. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Baramon Gotô kite Gotô Baramon Kite as Emblem Electronic Thesis or Dissertation M.A. masters Department of the History of Art and Architecture University of Oregon

Walley, Akiko Taylor, Anne 2013-10-03T23:36:05Z 2013-10-03T23:36:05Z 2013-10-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13310 Senchimentaru na tabi fuyu no tabi or Sentimental Journey/Winter Journey, a photobook created and published by photographer Araki Nobuyoshi in 1991, documented two highly personal events of the photographer's life. The first section consists of twenty-two images of Araki's 1971 honeymoon with his wife Yōko Aoki, while the second section features ninety-one images and an essay documenting the last six months of Yōko's life in 1989-90. This thesis measures SJ/WJ against a Japanese literary tradition invoked by Araki in his opening manifesto: the shishōsetsu. A genre of writing from the early 1900's that read like a confessional or personal diary, the shishōsetsu was regarded as a `true' story insofar as it revealed a totally transparent `author' within a totally transparent `text.' Given these criteria, this thesis determines the success of Araki's SJ/WJ as a true-to-life autobiography. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Araki I-Novel Japanese Personal Photography Shishōsetsu Sentimental Journey/Winter Journey: Araki Nobuyoshi's Contemporary Shishōsetsu Electronic Thesis or Dissertation M.A. masters Department of the History of Art and Architecture University of Oregon

Nicholson, Kathleen Webster, Andrew 2013-07-11T20:13:33Z 2013-07-11T20:13:33Z 2013-07-11 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13006 Cases of Italian embedded self-portraiture appear in the sacred art of some of the most renowned artists of the Cinquecento and early Seicento, artists such as Bronzino, Michelangelo, Titian, Tintoretto, and Caravaggio. This thesis first examines the history of the practice from its origins in Quattrocento Florence and Venice then argues that an important development in the function and presentation of embedded self-portraits can be observed as Cinquecento artists experienced broad shifts in religious and cultural life as a result of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. It also assesses three works by Caravaggio to suggest that embedding self-portraits in religious art was a variable and meaningful convention that allowed artists to inject both their personal and public emotions. This thesis argues that in the Cinquecento and early Seicento, the very gesture of embedding a self-portrait in sacred artworks provided a window into an artist's individuality, personality, and piety. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Baroque Art Christian Iconography Embedded Self-Portraiture Italian Renaissance Art Self-Portraiture The Embedded Self-Portrait in Italian Sacred Art of the Cinquecento and Early Seicento Electronic Thesis or Dissertation M.A. masters Department of the History of Art and Architecture University of Oregon