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"But where is his voice?
Title
"But where is his voice?: " The Debate of Pope Pius XII's Silence During the Holocaust.
Creator
Whitman, Kayleigh, Department of History
Abstract/Description
For the past sixty years the question of whether or not Pope Pius XII did all that he could to help the victims of the Holocaust has plagued the reputation and memory of his papacy. As the Vatican and Pope Francis continue proceedings towards the canonization of Pius, the question of what judgment can be placed against the pope becomes ever more pressing. My project examines the path that the debate has taken over the past six decades through the work of both the critics and defenders of His...
Show moreFor the past sixty years the question of whether or not Pope Pius XII did all that he could to help the victims of the Holocaust has plagued the reputation and memory of his papacy. As the Vatican and Pope Francis continue proceedings towards the canonization of Pius, the question of what judgment can be placed against the pope becomes ever more pressing. My project examines the path that the debate has taken over the past six decades through the work of both the critics and defenders of His Holiness. While this thesis does not deliver a verdict against Pius, it does address the important question of how the contemporary reader can understand what has been written and the evolution of the charges that have been placed against him. In this paper Rolf Hochhuth serves as the leading example for the critics and Father Robert Graham S.J. serves as his defense counterpart. Beginning with these two men and their arguments, I examine the charges and responses of both the defenders and the critics during the controversial years of the 1960s and 1990s. Through this study I have found that though the Vatican's records remain sealed limiting the pool of information for researchers, the debate has continued to thrive because of the difference in perception of the two sides. The critics place their emphasis on the moral responsibility of the pope and the defenders focus their arguments on the political responsibility and implications of the pope's actions during this uncertain time.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0346
Format
Thesis
"Endless Space Between"
Title
The "Endless Space Between": Exploring Film's Architectural Spaces, Places, Gender, and Genre.
Creator
Page, Sarah, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Architectural spaces and places within films often work to represent larger themes of the films' stories. This paper explores how films from three different genres, horror, science fiction, and romance, utilize architectural places and space on screen to represent gender. Films explored include Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Ridley Scott's Alien, and Spike Jonze's Her.
Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0433
Format
Thesis
"Mysteries" Behind The Adapted Story
Title
The "Mysteries" Behind The Adapted Story.
Creator
Wallace, Alexandria, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This creative thesis project focuses on adapting the short story form to short film. My work examines how a particular short story can be adapted into different film genres for different audiences. The project adapts the short story by Elizabeth Tallent entitled, "No One's A Mystery" into four very different scripts: a "faithful" adaptation, a hand-drawn limited-animation children's narrative, a "loose" adaptation, and a music video treatment. In this text, the reader will find some...
Show moreThis creative thesis project focuses on adapting the short story form to short film. My work examines how a particular short story can be adapted into different film genres for different audiences. The project adapts the short story by Elizabeth Tallent entitled, "No One's A Mystery" into four very different scripts: a "faithful" adaptation, a hand-drawn limited-animation children's narrative, a "loose" adaptation, and a music video treatment. In this text, the reader will find some introductory information on adaptation theory and a brief overview of some scholarly debate; followed by the four scripts and analyses for each short film. The major focus of the analyses are on the adaptation process. They will also include each interpretation's relationship to the short story, theory, and how audience and genre affect the process. Two of the four scripts (the children's narrative and music video adaptations) have been filmed and edited together as well to further understand the adaptive mode.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0198
Format
Thesis
"Trafalgar Square Conservation Area"
Title
The "Trafalgar Square Conservation Area": Deconstructing Spatial Narratives with/in a Collective Framework.
Creator
Bergholtz, Joel, Department of English
Abstract/Description
Abstract: (Key Terms: Collective Framework, Rhetorical Theory, Trafalgar Square, Spatial Narratives) This thesis is a rhetorical examination of language as elicited in spatial narratives. In doing so, it examines the various symbols that public spaces employ in order to rhetorically speak to us, move us, and make us act in certain ways. More specifically, it addresses Trafalgar Square as a problem space, deconstructing the various spatial narratives leading into and within the square. In...
Show moreAbstract: (Key Terms: Collective Framework, Rhetorical Theory, Trafalgar Square, Spatial Narratives) This thesis is a rhetorical examination of language as elicited in spatial narratives. In doing so, it examines the various symbols that public spaces employ in order to rhetorically speak to us, move us, and make us act in certain ways. More specifically, it addresses Trafalgar Square as a problem space, deconstructing the various spatial narratives leading into and within the square. In deconstructing these narratives, it attempts to find implicit meaning in what is explicitly inscribed into the land, and to examine this meaning alongside the social narrative that its occupants hold. This constructed narrative is explored through three frameworks: that of the physical framework of the square, those spatially enacted frameworks leading into it, and the larger collective framework of the city to which the square contributes. It finds that the frameworks of public space generally work toward establishing and authorizing a unifying ideological connection between the present society and societies of the past. However, these narratives are dependent on individual agents participating in the space's various frameworks; the meaning of a space is obfuscated by a society's current participant's usage of the space. In addition to this obfuscation, it discovers that the past role of a space can obfuscate the present meaning and role of the space in the overall framework, and that the present meaning can in turn obfuscate how individuals relate to and interpret the past.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0294
Format
Thesis
100 Cups for a 100 Lives
Title
100 Cups for a 100 Lives.
Creator
Frankenfield, Ivy E., Department of Art
Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0570
Format
Thesis
Art of Adaptation through the Analysis of Stanley Kubrick Films
Title
The Art of Adaptation through the Analysis of Stanley Kubrick Films.
Creator
Sonenreich, Brooke, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This thesis examines Stanley Kubrick's novel-to-film adaptations and uses the auteur's strategies in the creative portion of the thesis: a full length, adapted screenplay. The study analyzes original texts, screenplays, films, and associating film theory of five Kubrick adaptations (Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut). Since this is a creative project, it is split up into an explanative research preface and a full length, adapted screenplay. The...
Show moreThis thesis examines Stanley Kubrick's novel-to-film adaptations and uses the auteur's strategies in the creative portion of the thesis: a full length, adapted screenplay. The study analyzes original texts, screenplays, films, and associating film theory of five Kubrick adaptations (Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut). Since this is a creative project, it is split up into an explanative research preface and a full length, adapted screenplay. The screenplay is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story "The Split Second." The preface component provides details on what Kubrick strategies were and were not used during the adapting process.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0278
Format
Thesis
Art of Adaptation Through the Analysis of Stanley Kubrick Films
Title
The Art of Adaptation Through the Analysis of Stanley Kubrick Films.
Creator
Sonenreich, Brooke Nicole, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This thesis examines Stanley Kubrick's novel-to-film adaptations and uses the auteur's strategies in the creative portion of the thesis: a full length, adapted screenplay. The study analyzes original texts, screenplays, films, and associating film theory of five Kubrick adaptations (Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut). Since this is a creative project, it is split up into an explanative research preface and a full length, adapted screenplay. The...
Show moreThis thesis examines Stanley Kubrick's novel-to-film adaptations and uses the auteur's strategies in the creative portion of the thesis: a full length, adapted screenplay. The study analyzes original texts, screenplays, films, and associating film theory of five Kubrick adaptations (Lolita, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut). Since this is a creative project, it is split up into an explanative research preface and a full length, adapted screenplay. The screenplay is an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story "The Split Second." The preface component provides details on what Kubrick strategies were and were not used during the adapting process.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0467
Format
Thesis
Blake's and Shelley's Reader Responses to Milton's Satan in <em>Paradise Lost</em>
Title
Blake's and Shelley's Reader Responses to Milton's Satan in Paradise Lost.
Creator
Noud, Jennifer, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This study surveys William Blake's and Percy Bysshe Shelley's reader responses of Satan in John Milton's Paradise Lost. Blake and Shelley were both Romanticists and were highly captivated with the character of Satan. Their critiques of Milton's Satan are evident through their works. Blake's works that are examined are "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," an eleven-page poem, Milton, an epic poem, and the illuminated printings of Milton's Paradise Lost. Shelley's works that are studied are...
Show moreThis study surveys William Blake's and Percy Bysshe Shelley's reader responses of Satan in John Milton's Paradise Lost. Blake and Shelley were both Romanticists and were highly captivated with the character of Satan. Their critiques of Milton's Satan are evident through their works. Blake's works that are examined are "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell," an eleven-page poem, Milton, an epic poem, and the illuminated printings of Milton's Paradise Lost. Shelley's works that are studied are Prometheus Unbound, a closet lyrical drama, and "A Defense of Poetry" which is an essay. Blake and Shelley believed that Satan was the proper hero of Milton's Paradise Lost. They both critiqued Milton's Satan by finding several imperfections in Paradise Lost. Both tried to surpass Milton by creating their own perfect version of Milton's Satan. Shelley goes a step beyond Blake when designing his Satan by producing a new tragic hero that does not have a hamartia.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0234
Format
Thesis
Building Worlds
Title
Building Worlds: Creating an Affordable and Efficient Virtual Reality.
Creator
Kyle, Mari M., Department of Art
Abstract/Description
The objective of Building Worlds; Creating an Affordable and Efficient Virtual Reality is to explore the phenomena of Virtual Reality (VR) through the marketing of its developing technologies, its future opportunities, and its potential of mass production. I spent the fall of 2014, gathering information on current VR and immersive environment trends. In the spring of 2015 I began analyzing the current market of VR and evaluating its advertising trends to explore the opportunities of VR in...
Show moreThe objective of Building Worlds; Creating an Affordable and Efficient Virtual Reality is to explore the phenomena of Virtual Reality (VR) through the marketing of its developing technologies, its future opportunities, and its potential of mass production. I spent the fall of 2014, gathering information on current VR and immersive environment trends. In the spring of 2015 I began analyzing the current market of VR and evaluating its advertising trends to explore the opportunities of VR in various fields such as education, art, psychology, and entertainment, etc. This thesis will offer a quick introduction to the history of VR and then proceed to analyze the market of VR during the '90s "Fall of VR" and compare it to the market of the present. I interviewed the nations VR pioneers and gathered from their discussions a set of strengths and weaknesses of current technologies. This thesis will combine this inside-industry perspective with an audience perspective (backed by market research) in order to study the present day market. Ultimately, these studies have revealed a change in target demographic and societal interest for VR. Through my industry studies, I can conclude also that VR applications in entertainment are the most influential and renowned in popular media, suggesting a change in current advertising strategy. This is supported by the conducted research that showed that the target demographic is unaware of the industrial uses of VR that have been extant for decades but very aware of the entertainment-based uses of VR.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0500
Format
Thesis
Dead Elements
Title
Dead Elements.
Creator
White, Barrett, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This thesis, an interdisciplinary project entitled DEAD ELEMENTS, seeks to explore the complex relationship between performance and text. Seven common literary elements were selected and then interpreted both in a performative action and a written work. The work engages the traditions of both performance art and conceptual writing, blurring the distinction between physical body and textual body. Ultimately, DEAD ELEMENTS serves as a critique of academic literature, a reification of...
Show moreThis thesis, an interdisciplinary project entitled DEAD ELEMENTS, seeks to explore the complex relationship between performance and text. Seven common literary elements were selected and then interpreted both in a performative action and a written work. The work engages the traditions of both performance art and conceptual writing, blurring the distinction between physical body and textual body. Ultimately, DEAD ELEMENTS serves as a critique of academic literature, a reification of abstractions, a meditation on the body, and an engagement with my own idiosyncratic artistic practice.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0370
Format
Thesis
Dead Elements
Title
Dead Elements.
Creator
White, Barrett, Department of English
Abstract/Description
This thesis, an interdisciplinary project entitled DEAD ELEMENTS, seeks to explore the complex relationship between performance and text. Seven common literary elements were selected and then interpreted both in a performative action and a written work. The work engages the traditions of both performance art and conceptual writing, blurring the distinction between physical body and textual body. Ultimately, DEAD ELEMENTS serves as a critique of academic literature, a reification of...
Show moreThis thesis, an interdisciplinary project entitled DEAD ELEMENTS, seeks to explore the complex relationship between performance and text. Seven common literary elements were selected and then interpreted both in a performative action and a written work. The work engages the traditions of both performance art and conceptual writing, blurring the distinction between physical body and textual body. Ultimately, DEAD ELEMENTS serves as a critique of academic literature, a reification of abstractions, a meditation on the body, and an engagement with my own idiosyncratic artistic practice.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0466
Format
Thesis
Development of Labor Camp Literature
Title
The Development of Labor Camp Literature: A Cultural Analysis of the House of the Dead and the Gulag Archipelago.
Creator
Peterson, Lauren, Program in Russian and East European Studies
Abstract/Description
This thesis examines the changing conditions between Russian labor camps from the Tsarist to Soviet regime. Shifts in labor condtions, quality of life and role of relationships within labor camps are illustrated through critical analysis of The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky and The Gulag Archieplago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In the scope of this thesis, descriptions in The House of the Dead epitimize Tsarist rule up to 1917 and descriptions in The Gulag Archipelago span the Soviet...
Show moreThis thesis examines the changing conditions between Russian labor camps from the Tsarist to Soviet regime. Shifts in labor condtions, quality of life and role of relationships within labor camps are illustrated through critical analysis of The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky and The Gulag Archieplago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In the scope of this thesis, descriptions in The House of the Dead epitimize Tsarist rule up to 1917 and descriptions in The Gulag Archipelago span the Soviet Era from 1918-1956. This thesis includes the literary significance and cultural impact of each novel as a foundation for discussion of the political and social consequences of labor camps in Russia during Tsarist and Soviet rule.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0067
Format
Thesis
Evidence of Interpersonal Relationship
Title
Evidence of Interpersonal Relationship.
Creator
Anduiza, Christina M., Department of Art
Abstract/Description
I have attempted to use the portrait to think about the person- to consider what is uniquely human about relationships, and in return, what about humanity is uniquely relational. I approached this personally by using portraiture to explore my own relationships. I recreated a study that was designed to generate interpersonal closeness. It consisted of 36 questions that were asked and answered by a participant and myself. In participating in the experiment, I became a subject. Immediately...
Show moreI have attempted to use the portrait to think about the person- to consider what is uniquely human about relationships, and in return, what about humanity is uniquely relational. I approached this personally by using portraiture to explore my own relationships. I recreated a study that was designed to generate interpersonal closeness. It consisted of 36 questions that were asked and answered by a participant and myself. In participating in the experiment, I became a subject. Immediately following the conversation, I painted a portrait of the other person and a portrait of myself as a response to the encounter. Seeking to be quick and reactive, they were painted in the time constraint of one hour. Would this connection affect the paintings? Would the relationship between the pair of portraits mirror the relationship that was formed in real life?
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0576
Format
Thesis
Evolving Standards in Ballet Education
Title
Evolving Standards in Ballet Education: Exploring Ethical Communication in the Ballet Classroom.
Creator
Monahan, Sarah E., School of Dance
Abstract/Description
Classical ballet training has evolved from its earliest stages into a well-developed, expansive art form that challenges the body to reach an artistic aesthetic through physical means. With this challenge comes risk. In looking at the educational environment of a young ballet dancer, this project strives to formulate a productive and safe way to establish intelligent dancers through a more broadly conceived classroom approach, considerate of the physical, and especially, mental health of the...
Show moreClassical ballet training has evolved from its earliest stages into a well-developed, expansive art form that challenges the body to reach an artistic aesthetic through physical means. With this challenge comes risk. In looking at the educational environment of a young ballet dancer, this project strives to formulate a productive and safe way to establish intelligent dancers through a more broadly conceived classroom approach, considerate of the physical, and especially, mental health of the dancer. Through this research I have developed a better understanding of how to achieve supportive and ethical practices within the ballet classroom by cultivating a method of student-teacher communication that is ethically sound. This is an important endeavor because a more flexible system will elicit a traditional approach that adapts to a forward thinking culture, thereby creating students who will become the next generation of artists thirsting for expansiveness within a psychologically safe place.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0541
Format
Thesis
Exploring Creative Silhouettes Through Interdisciplinary Design Processes
Title
Exploring Creative Silhouettes Through Interdisciplinary Design Processes.
Creator
Flournoy, Jasmyne B., Department of Art
Abstract/Description
The Florida State Department of Art advocates for an interdisciplinary approach to creating innovative art and design. Because of this, the combination of various disciplines is a method I constantly use in my artwork. My honors in the major creative project combines all of the skills I have learned over my four years by incorporating my research, designs, patterning and graphic design. Using these skills I created four experimental garments that explore manipulation of line and form of the...
Show moreThe Florida State Department of Art advocates for an interdisciplinary approach to creating innovative art and design. Because of this, the combination of various disciplines is a method I constantly use in my artwork. My honors in the major creative project combines all of the skills I have learned over my four years by incorporating my research, designs, patterning and graphic design. Using these skills I created four experimental garments that explore manipulation of line and form of the body through the construction of bodice pieces.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0495
Format
Thesis
Felt Forms
Title
Felt Forms.
Creator
Gregory, Kim, Department of Art
Abstract/Description
This thesis documents an interest in the vessel as a container, through the production and research within a visual art studio practice. I look to the vessel to ask bigger questions about containment, materiality, and existence. In order to best reflect my findings, I will discuss my current body of work Felt Forms, and its method of production. I look to other artists' discourse, as well as the holistic approach I take to making, to progress my work into a context that is united with the...
Show moreThis thesis documents an interest in the vessel as a container, through the production and research within a visual art studio practice. I look to the vessel to ask bigger questions about containment, materiality, and existence. In order to best reflect my findings, I will discuss my current body of work Felt Forms, and its method of production. I look to other artists' discourse, as well as the holistic approach I take to making, to progress my work into a context that is united with the contemporary art world.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0405
Format
Thesis
Female Aristeiai and Women in Masculine Roles in Epic Literature
Title
Female Aristeiai and Women in Masculine Roles in Epic Literature.
Creator
Chasteen, Bethany, Department of Classics
Abstract/Description
This honors thesis will aim to address the less-studied topic of female aristeia and women in masculine roles in ancient epic to establish examples of women breaching concepts that divided ancient society. It will also examine aristeia as a tool used by an author to foreshadow the success or failure of a character in battle in Homer's Iliad, Vergil's Aeneid and in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Fall of Troy. There is an exploration of German scholar Tilman Krischer's model which tracks the process that a...
Show moreThis honors thesis will aim to address the less-studied topic of female aristeia and women in masculine roles in ancient epic to establish examples of women breaching concepts that divided ancient society. It will also examine aristeia as a tool used by an author to foreshadow the success or failure of a character in battle in Homer's Iliad, Vergil's Aeneid and in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Fall of Troy. There is an exploration of German scholar Tilman Krischer's model which tracks the process that a hero undergoes in his aristeia as well as how his model fits other masculine Greek heroes in the Iliad. An analysis of some works by J.G. Howie on Krischer's work is included. Aristeiai for Hera in book 14 of the Iliad and Dido in book 4 of the Aeneid are proposed, following the model by Krischer. Comparison of the Amazonian warrior Penthesileia to the Greek hero Achilles is performed and an analysis of her role as a warrior in Quintus of Smyrna's Fall of Troy.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0187
Format
Thesis
Fights of Funny People
Title
Fights of Funny People: How the Wodehouse/Milne Literary Feud Changed Their Writing and Legacies.
Creator
Lockaby, Curtis D., Department of English
Abstract/Description
A.A. Milne and P.G. Wodehouse are two of the most famous English writers and humorists of their time, with Milne being known for the creation of Winnie the Pooh and Wodehouse celebrated for his Wooster and Jeeves novels. Not only that, these two literary giants were contemporaries and friendly adversaries for the majority of their careers. That is why it is so interesting when, with the development of World War Two, a brutal feud erupted between them. My essay will examine the literary and...
Show moreA.A. Milne and P.G. Wodehouse are two of the most famous English writers and humorists of their time, with Milne being known for the creation of Winnie the Pooh and Wodehouse celebrated for his Wooster and Jeeves novels. Not only that, these two literary giants were contemporaries and friendly adversaries for the majority of their careers. That is why it is so interesting when, with the development of World War Two, a brutal feud erupted between them. My essay will examine the literary and personal feud between A.A. Milne and P.G. Wodehouse, detailing its origins, outcomes, and how it manifested itself in their written work. First the paper will outline Milne and Wodehouse's work prior to the war and touch on their collaborations to display their status as friendly competitors. Then it will describe the events leading up to and the immediate results of the infamous Berlin broadcast, including Milne's response which kicked off the feud. Next we shall outline the post-war lives of both authors and highlight their relevant literary output, all of which was influenced by their feud. And finally the works will be (the tone, style and subject matter) examined. While a good deal of this may seem biographical, it is necessary to provide background for the literary argument. The main focus in the paper will be the effects seen in the post-war writings and the exact impact that these texts have had on their writer's legacies and the literary world.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0468
Format
Thesis
Fuck Everything
Title
Fuck Everything: A Digital Game Questioning Gender Identity.
Creator
NW, Lena, Department of Art
Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0411
Format
Set of related objects
Fuck Happiness, Give Me Pain
Title
Fuck Happiness, Give Me Pain.
Creator
James, Ashley, James, Ashley, School of Theatre
Abstract/Description
Fuck Happiness, Give Me Pain follows a year and a half of a theatre artist's journey to find and explore a new way of creating within the realms of performance and live art. She, along with an ensemble of performers, worked over a nine month period that culminated in weekly events over the last month and a half; during these events they continued to experiment with an audience. They investigated topics dealing with gender, race, sexuality, fear, and vulnerability. This work is documentation...
Show moreFuck Happiness, Give Me Pain follows a year and a half of a theatre artist's journey to find and explore a new way of creating within the realms of performance and live art. She, along with an ensemble of performers, worked over a nine month period that culminated in weekly events over the last month and a half; during these events they continued to experiment with an audience. They investigated topics dealing with gender, race, sexuality, fear, and vulnerability. This work is documentation of the artist's experience as creator and performer.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0325
Format
Thesis
Help! I Can't Stop Becoming A Witch
Title
Help! I Can't Stop Becoming A Witch: An Exploration Of The Evolution Of Identity Through Personal Mythologies Involving The Queering Of Icons And The Self.
Creator
Steele, Isabella
Abstract/Description
This thesis contains two parts, one of which deals with personal identity, the other which deals with projected identities. It follows the progression of a personal mythology through multiple forms and medias involving art and poetry—a mythology in which I re-imagine both my individual history and American history as being queer. I invoke the exploration into my own queerness through drag as a witch persona, while also queering famous figures by placing them in situations that complicate...
Show moreThis thesis contains two parts, one of which deals with personal identity, the other which deals with projected identities. It follows the progression of a personal mythology through multiple forms and medias involving art and poetry—a mythology in which I re-imagine both my individual history and American history as being queer. I invoke the exploration into my own queerness through drag as a witch persona, while also queering famous figures by placing them in situations that complicate their sexuality. By provoking the concept of performativity (particularly involving gender and sexuality), I aim to remove select American icons and myself from the confines of a heterosexual narrative. This thesis is an exploration, and the works that have come of it are not meant to be viewed as gallery-ready pieces.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0343
Format
Thesis
Heretical Visual Journey into the Apocrypha
Title
A Heretical Visual Journey into the Apocrypha.
Creator
Ondina, Eric, Department of Art
Abstract/Description
This thesis is both a research paper and a personal reflection which explores the connections between several formative apocryphal texts and my most recent series of paintings. It is through the medium of painting that I have analyzed and visually distilled these heretical narratives into a duel-part body of work. Through this I intend to illuminate the mysteries of our ancient spiritual past, demonstrate these apocryphal scriptures significance and influence in later Jewish, Christian, and...
Show moreThis thesis is both a research paper and a personal reflection which explores the connections between several formative apocryphal texts and my most recent series of paintings. It is through the medium of painting that I have analyzed and visually distilled these heretical narratives into a duel-part body of work. Through this I intend to illuminate the mysteries of our ancient spiritual past, demonstrate these apocryphal scriptures significance and influence in later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic theology, illustrate the fallibility in the argument for divinely ordained scripture, and ponder the question of how our worldly civilization's history and culture would appear had these books become canonical.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0214
Format
Thesis
I Grew Up In Someone Else's Living Room
Title
I Grew Up In Someone Else's Living Room.
Creator
Hamilton, Morgan, Department of Art
Abstract/Description
My honors thesis is an exploration of the fleeting aspects of memory, a nomadic childhood, and the relationship families share with TV. I have painted an image of the living room set from Roseanne as a way to express my nostalgia and personal experience with television. There is something fascinating about translating modern technology, like the TV, through something as ancient as oil paint. It removes the practicality and mass-audience of program broadcast, and gives an intimate setting,...
Show moreMy honors thesis is an exploration of the fleeting aspects of memory, a nomadic childhood, and the relationship families share with TV. I have painted an image of the living room set from Roseanne as a way to express my nostalgia and personal experience with television. There is something fascinating about translating modern technology, like the TV, through something as ancient as oil paint. It removes the practicality and mass-audience of program broadcast, and gives an intimate setting, like the living room, an even more intimate environment, like a gallery. The Meta relationship between TV family and my own is an important aspect of growing up in my generation and I have always found it interesting how families will come together and watch someone else's family; he back of our TV is the front of theirs. We watch them, and they'll never know we exist. I will use my experiences growing up in a nuclear family to interpret the role of the TV living room, and how that interaction is truly art.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0280
Format
Set of related objects
Improving Turnout in University Dancers
Title
Improving Turnout in University Dancers.
Creator
Pata, Danielle, School of Dance
Abstract/Description
Turnout is external rotation ideally coming from the hips. A high degree of turnout is desired by all dancers because it plays an important role, especially in the classical ballet form. Turnout enables the efficient transfer of weight, it allows for greater extension and control, and it reduces injury risk when used correctly. The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in a targeted training program outside of technique classes would improve university dancers' ability...
Show moreTurnout is external rotation ideally coming from the hips. A high degree of turnout is desired by all dancers because it plays an important role, especially in the classical ballet form. Turnout enables the efficient transfer of weight, it allows for greater extension and control, and it reduces injury risk when used correctly. The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in a targeted training program outside of technique classes would improve university dancers' ability to use a greater proportion of the turnout their bodies are constructed to accommodate. The training intervention included a specific set of exercises, various sensation-based cues, images, and brief anatomy lessons. Active turnout, passive turnout, and functional turnout were assessed for six first-year, non-injured, female dancers in Florida State University's Dance Department. A multiple-baseline design was used to demonstrate experimental control. Measurements were taken immediately after technique classes, four days a week over nine weeks, by a trained graduate student or a licensed Physical Therapist. Results showed an increase of 10-20 degrees in active turnout for all six dancers. Future research might be aimed at assessing the ability of dancers to maintain training activities on their own as well as assessing the durability of the effects of such training over time. With individualized training, each dancer might be helped to optimize use and control of the degree of turnout that his/her body can manage safely.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0154
Format
Thesis
In Full Color and Twice Removed
Title
In Full Color and Twice Removed: Experiments and Studies in Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black.
Creator
Lucien, Abigail
Abstract/Description
This paper gives a detailed account of the experiments and studies on full color printing that took place within the course of a year by an undergraduate printmaker at the Florida State University.
Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0395
Format
Thesis
In Search of the Sublime
Title
In Search of the Sublime.
Creator
Schmahl, Dan, Department of Art
Abstract/Description
This thesis documents a search for a contemporary and relevant sublime, through the means of a visual art studio practice. I have culled a wide variety of sources that follow the historical development of the "sublime", and used them as a basis for my personal investigation into the subject. In order to best portray my findings I will discuss two separate bodies of work concerning my interpretation of the contemporary sublime, one that progresses past historic notions of the idea and into a...
Show moreThis thesis documents a search for a contemporary and relevant sublime, through the means of a visual art studio practice. I have culled a wide variety of sources that follow the historical development of the "sublime", and used them as a basis for my personal investigation into the subject. In order to best portray my findings I will discuss two separate bodies of work concerning my interpretation of the contemporary sublime, one that progresses past historic notions of the idea and into a context that is cohesive with the contemporary art world.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0119
Format
Thesis
In the Footsteps of Clara Schumann
Title
In the Footsteps of Clara Schumann.
Creator
Falling, Frances, College of Music
Abstract/Description
I first became interested in Clara Schumann when I heard her setting of Friedrich Rückert's beautiful poem "Liebst du um Schönheit" during voice seminar at Florida State a few years ago. When I had the opportunity to choose a research topic in my music history class last year, I chose Clara – focusing on her growth from Wunderkind to mature artist, how she has greatly influenced the customs of concerts, and how she championed composers that we consider "greats" today. Throughout the research...
Show moreI first became interested in Clara Schumann when I heard her setting of Friedrich Rückert's beautiful poem "Liebst du um Schönheit" during voice seminar at Florida State a few years ago. When I had the opportunity to choose a research topic in my music history class last year, I chose Clara – focusing on her growth from Wunderkind to mature artist, how she has greatly influenced the customs of concerts, and how she championed composers that we consider "greats" today. Throughout the research process I became more and more intrigued by Clara. She was not only a female performer and composer, and therefore pioneer in her time, but she also carved out a unique partnership with her husband, Robert Schumann. This paper led to my idea for an Honors Thesis Project. Many of the current scholarly works about Clara Schumann have not been translated into English. I was able to contact four of the living research authors and they were amazingly receptive and supportive of my inquiries. This film not only traces the footsteps of Clara Schumann, it also introduces these German scholars to the Florida State University community. Interviews with them bring the life and times of Clara Schumann to life, while also providing valuable insight into how music scholars work. The enthusiasm of these musicologists who live, breathe, and study their subject, certainly inspired me and I believe their insights will spark curiosity in those who have not yet heard of Clara Schumann. This project encompasses not only a short version of all the footage and interviews I took during my journey, but also full-length documentary film, to be available in the music library before I graduate.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0422
Format
Thesis
Interactive Illustrations of Obscure Animals
Title
Interactive Illustrations of Obscure Animals.
Creator
Grishchenko, Alice, Department of Art
Abstract/Description
am creating a website to display pen illustrations of obscure animals which are either difficult to classify in the taxonomic system or have no relatives among living animals (these are referred to as living fossils). I plan to research each animal's unique features that make them difficult to group with others and catalog them on the website. The highlighted features will be displayed in hidden boxes on the same page as the large illustrations and will be revealed when the user hovers over a...
Show moream creating a website to display pen illustrations of obscure animals which are either difficult to classify in the taxonomic system or have no relatives among living animals (these are referred to as living fossils). I plan to research each animal's unique features that make them difficult to group with others and catalog them on the website. The highlighted features will be displayed in hidden boxes on the same page as the large illustrations and will be revealed when the user hovers over a corresponding portion of the image. Each box will contain some text and a related illustration. Animals will be labeled with basic information including their names, habitat, diet, and current classification.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0266
Format
Set of related objects
Landscape and Identity in the Work of Albert Huie, Edna Manley and Osmond Watson
Title
Landscape and Identity in the Work of Albert Huie, Edna Manley and Osmond Watson.
Creator
Assam, Alexis, Department of Art History
Abstract/Description
My aim in this paper is to investigate this history of Jamaican through the lens of twentieth-century Jamaican art from the theoretical perspectives of cultural landscape and identity studies, specifically by focusing on the work of Albert Huie and his contemporaries. I examine the formal and stylistic qualities of these artists' works and speculate on how they operated within their cultural milieu, specifically as agents in the production of discourses about Jamaica. My project poses two...
Show moreMy aim in this paper is to investigate this history of Jamaican through the lens of twentieth-century Jamaican art from the theoretical perspectives of cultural landscape and identity studies, specifically by focusing on the work of Albert Huie and his contemporaries. I examine the formal and stylistic qualities of these artists' works and speculate on how they operated within their cultural milieu, specifically as agents in the production of discourses about Jamaica. My project poses two main questions: first, what do these works say about Jamaican art in terms of the representation of race in Jamaican society? Second, what is the state of Jamaican art history and how can a more sophisticated examination of these artists and their work through landscape and identity studies constructively contribute to the historiography? These artists broke through cultural and ideological barriers in an attempt to transcend colonized thought and bring forth ideas that served to decolonize the Jamaican people and promote Black Nationalism. My analysis of Jamaican art from the 1930's through the 1970's has brought Osmond Watson into the discussion of Jamaican art history in relation to two of its most well-known artists Edna Manley and Albert Huie in the discussion of the decolonization of Jamaican art. These artists helped to ideologically rework the island's cultural landscape away from the British perception and control of the colonial landscape; into a national landscape of an independent-minded Jamaica and Manley, Huie, and Watson change the way Afro-Jamaicans are represented in the art of the island.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0573
Format
Thesis
Modern Henry V
Title
A Modern Henry V.
Creator
Risk, Mary, Theater
Abstract/Description
The ultimate goal of theatre is to achieve a true communication with an audience. The potential to meet this goal lies in remembering that theatre should be truthful, relatable, and engaging to a contemporary audience, despite the age or setting of the play. By choosing a Shakespearean history play, and producing an all-female, contemporary edition of Henry V, I endeavored to create theatre to which a modern audience could connect. The following paper outlines the steps I took towards...
Show moreThe ultimate goal of theatre is to achieve a true communication with an audience. The potential to meet this goal lies in remembering that theatre should be truthful, relatable, and engaging to a contemporary audience, despite the age or setting of the play. By choosing a Shakespearean history play, and producing an all-female, contemporary edition of Henry V, I endeavored to create theatre to which a modern audience could connect. The following paper outlines the steps I took towards accomplishing that goal and my specific reasons for taking those steps. Analysis of the feedback from the final performances of the show on February 24, 25 and 26, 2012 in the Annex 117, in conjunction with my other research, allows me to assess my success in meeting my goal.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0060
Format
Thesis
Reasons for the Dark to Be Afraid
Title
Reasons for the Dark to Be Afraid.
Creator
Ruiz, Daniel, Department of English
Abstract/Description
The poems and translations in this thesis explore the "three strong voices" that poet Federico García Lorca believes the artist should heed: "the voice of death, with all its foreboding, the voice of love and the voice of art." The sequence of these poems is meant to reflect the poetic speaker's interactions with these voices. Three of the four sections are named after iconic paintings by Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, and the poems in each of these sections indirectly reflect the concepts...
Show moreThe poems and translations in this thesis explore the "three strong voices" that poet Federico García Lorca believes the artist should heed: "the voice of death, with all its foreboding, the voice of love and the voice of art." The sequence of these poems is meant to reflect the poetic speaker's interactions with these voices. Three of the four sections are named after iconic paintings by Salvador Dali and Pablo Picasso, and the poems in each of these sections indirectly reflect the concepts these works present in an attempt to create a dialogue between the written and visual arts. The two works by Dali are The Persistence of Memory and The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, and the development from the former, which is the second section, to the latter, which is the fourth, is supposed to suggest the interaction between a poet and his or her influences as they work to develop their own unique style, playing at the binary between originality and influence. The title section of the collection is an exploration into the search for truth and originality within this binary—the "irreconcilable feud" between a young artist and a poetic tradition that began thousands of years ago.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0332
Format
Thesis
Reviving Fantasia's Toccata and Fugue
Title
Reviving Fantasia's Toccata and Fugue: An Imaginative Journey Thorugh Music, Multimedia and Concert Dance.
Creator
Lalor, Emma C., School of Dance
Abstract/Description
In 1940, Walt Disney and his associates presented their imaginative creation Fantasia, a masterpiece union of symphonic music and animation that employed "a new type of entertainment" -- a hybrid multisensory experience culminating in an abstract, animation motion picture. Although initially a flop, the film's subsequent altered re-releases led to its triumphant declaration American Film Institute in 1998: Fantasia was now considered one of the greatest American animated films. Most...
Show moreIn 1940, Walt Disney and his associates presented their imaginative creation Fantasia, a masterpiece union of symphonic music and animation that employed "a new type of entertainment" -- a hybrid multisensory experience culminating in an abstract, animation motion picture. Although initially a flop, the film's subsequent altered re-releases led to its triumphant declaration American Film Institute in 1998: Fantasia was now considered one of the greatest American animated films. Most significantly, Fantasia's newfound success with contemporary audiences provided revolutionary access to classical music whilst encouraging imaginative thinking through purely fantastic entertainment. In the opening scene, Leopold Stokowski shakes Mickey Mouse's hand before conducting his famous 1927 orchestral arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565. This opening section of Fantasia captured my attention with beautifully moving vivid colors, dramatically lit musicians, and the painterly abstraction of instruments dancing through clouds. I fondly remember how this captivating spectacle inspired me to move as a young child, and my love for the delightful music and visuals of Fantasia guided my passions towards movement and improvisation, as well as my decision to seek a University degree in dance. Contemplating the shimmering abstract watercolors of the opening section, Toccata and Fugue, has led me to question what Fantasia would look like with the addition of my own imaginative discipline: dance. By studying Stokowski's arrangement of Bach's most recognizable organ piece and performing an "action analysis" of both the physical score and the animation itself, I hope to translate my conclusions into an all-inclusive multimedia reinterpretation that layers live dance performance and stage lighting techniques with the preexisting structure and patterns of the film. I will investigate, as an intelligent thinker and mover, how dance can enter the current stream as an equal part in the artistic work, ultimately adding to and reviving Fantasia for contemporary audiences with use of video projection and concert dance.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0504
Format
Set of related objects
Search for Sophistication
Title
The Search for Sophistication: Using "Sinatra Suite" to Support New Choreography.
Creator
Reinert, Murphy, Dance
Abstract/Description
I became interested in American choreographer Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite (featuring dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Elaine Kudo) when I watched a recorded performance of it while in high school. The piece is a mix of ballet and ballroom, while showing an amorous vignette between the two dancers. Throughout the years, this dance has resonated with me, especially because of Tharp's suave presentation. Specifically, Tharp infused sophisticated glamour into romantic turmoil all of which...
Show moreI became interested in American choreographer Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite (featuring dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Elaine Kudo) when I watched a recorded performance of it while in high school. The piece is a mix of ballet and ballroom, while showing an amorous vignette between the two dancers. Throughout the years, this dance has resonated with me, especially because of Tharp's suave presentation. Specifically, Tharp infused sophisticated glamour into romantic turmoil all of which resonated on stage to the popular music of Frank Sinatra. Returning to this inspiration for my Honors in the Major thesis project, I choreographed my own work that is influenced by the arc of a intimate relationship and are danced to mainstream, lyrical music. This project incorporates historical, contextual research into choreographic sketching, thereby moving beyond Tharp's work to form my own conclusions about personal relationships in today's society. Many student choreographers do not attempt to make a dance grounded in pop culture because of an unspoken stigma that popular dances are not "art." Situating my choreography in investigative research will uncover ways that I can in fact create a sound choreographic work while still speaking to my generation, a group that has grown up in an age of pop culture identity. Currently, there are many outlets for dance to reach modern audiences, especially on television. My project hopes to draw from the popularity of these televised phenomena and transform it into an artistic, theatrical experience that is both culturally relevant and easily approachable.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0062
Format
Thesis
Sexual Slander in the Attic Orators
Title
Sexual Slander in the Attic Orators: A Survey of the Speeches of Lysias and Aeschines.
Creator
Juras, Alexandra, Department of Classics
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the use of sexual insults and slander as a means of character defamation in the speeches of the Attic orators Lysias and Aeschines. I intend to investigate in what ways these authors utilized sexual insults and slander, what sorts of sexual insults were used, how they compare to each other, and what they reveal to us about sexuality, culture, and morality in fifth and fourth century BCE Athens.
Date Issued
2014
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0320
Format
Thesis
Through the Lens
Title
Through the Lens: A Blend of Art and Entertainment.
Creator
Russell, Michelle, School of Dance
Abstract/Description
The world of popular culture has been shaped in many ways by the stereotypes and biases created in music videos and the dance sequences included in those music videos. Dance music videos, by artists such as Michael Jackson and Paula Abdul, continue to vastly influence the trends of our ever-evolving generations as well as push to the forefront what society considers as the norm (such as being a size two or living a life of luxury). Besides the dancing that is involved, what is so attractive...
Show moreThe world of popular culture has been shaped in many ways by the stereotypes and biases created in music videos and the dance sequences included in those music videos. Dance music videos, by artists such as Michael Jackson and Paula Abdul, continue to vastly influence the trends of our ever-evolving generations as well as push to the forefront what society considers as the norm (such as being a size two or living a life of luxury). Besides the dancing that is involved, what is so attractive within this entertainment lies in its incorporation of cutting edge video edits, clever camera framings, and a narrative that allows the audience to make a connection between themselves and the situations that are set up. How does one know whether what they are viewing is entertainment or "high art?" As of late, many artistic dance videographers, producers, and editors of videodance, (Thierry De Mey and David Anderson) have experimented with ways in which to infuse the successful elements of popular dance music videos into their own work. Inspired to delve into a similar process, I will create a short videodance that obscures the line between dance as a form of entertainment (as viewed in dance music videos) and dance as a form of "high art" (as viewed in videodance). I plan to achieve this by blending formal choreographic principles with the editing and framing techniques similar to those used in iconic dance music videos. Dance is known for its performative presence in the artistic world, but in order to breathe new life into this art form I will explore how techniques for framing and editing the body in motion influences the value placed on the dance itself and thereby create a new appreciation and viewing platform.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0153
Format
Thesis
Traveler's Journey
Title
The Traveler's Journey.
Creator
Williams, Mary C., Department of Art
Abstract/Description
The series that I have worked the past three months are a culmination of my attempt to intertwine this Surrealist influence with my interest in story telling and spirituality. I became fascinated with not only using dream like imagery in a purely Surrealist sense, as a way to explore hidden desires and taboo subjects. But also as a way explore my spiritual nature, my interest in non-linear narratives, and the way I relate to the world I live in.
Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0498
Format
Thesis
Visual Aesthetic of Contemporary Communication
Title
Visual Aesthetic of Contemporary Communication.
Creator
Carr, Caitlin, Department of Art
Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0171
Format
Thesis
Weaving, Writing, and Women
Title
Weaving, Writing, and Women: A Case Study of Etruscan Sigla on Loom Weights.
Creator
Phelps, Cassidy, Classics - Archaeology
Abstract/Description
No thorough, systematic study of Etruscan sigla, non-verbal marks of communication incised, painted or imprinted on artifacts throughout the Mediterranean, has been conducted to date. This thesis examines sigla found on a particular artifact, loom weights, from four sites in Etruria in an effort to interpret these marks. After establishing the cultural, social, and economic importance of weaving to the women responsible for it, as well as the economy as a whole, it is suggested that the women...
Show moreNo thorough, systematic study of Etruscan sigla, non-verbal marks of communication incised, painted or imprinted on artifacts throughout the Mediterranean, has been conducted to date. This thesis examines sigla found on a particular artifact, loom weights, from four sites in Etruria in an effort to interpret these marks. After establishing the cultural, social, and economic importance of weaving to the women responsible for it, as well as the economy as a whole, it is suggested that the women themselves were responsible for making the loom weights and then marking them with sigla as symbols of ownership. While the sigla themselves have a variety of meanings and likely have multiple functions, they appear to share this usage in the context of textile tools.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0066
Format
Thesis
Weeping Warriors
Title
Weeping Warriors: Heroic Tears of Grief in Homer.
Creator
Crum, Aubrey, Department of Classics
Abstract/Description
This thesis seeks to analyze the socio-familial roles described in Odyssey 8.581-886 (kinsman, son-in-law, father-in-law, companion, brother) and how the Homeric heroes grieved for these specific people. This thesis also compares these grief reactions and analyzes for whom tears of grief would be appropriate. These reactions will then be used as guidelines to analyze the main grief story of the Iliad, Achilles' grief over the death of Patroclus.
Date Issued
2015
Identifier
FSU_migr_uhm-0497
Format
Thesis