Degree Department

Allegory and the Figure: A Contemporary Approach (open access)

Allegory and the Figure: A Contemporary Approach

The figure within the paintings function not only representations, but as surrogates for the subjects depicted. The artist believes that allegory goes beyond Western civilization. By applying allegories to our moder world, we can add to them rich in subliminal messages and keep them going.
Date: August 1997
Creator: Moore, Michael John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversations with the Master: Picasso's Dialogues with Velazquez (open access)

Conversations with the Master: Picasso's Dialogues with Velazquez

This thesis investigates the significance of Pablo Picasso's lifelong appropriation of formal elements from paintings by Diego Velazquez. Selected paintings and drawings by Picasso are examined and shown to refer to works by the seventeenth-century Spanish master.
Date: August 1997
Creator: McKinzey, Joan C. (Joan Connie)
System: The UNT Digital Library