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Hon's Anatomy: The Heart of Niki de Saint Phalle's Oeuvre

Spangler, Ashley Kay

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2019, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Art/Art History.
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) was an accomplished French-American artist who worked during the latter half of the twentieth century. She worked in a variety of mediums, and is known largely for her sculptures of abstracted women called Nanas. In this thesis, an attempt is made to construct a narrative timeline of Saint Phalle’s artistic oeuvre, and focuses primarily defending the centrality of one distinct piece: Hon—en katedral (1966). The first section outlines a brief history of Saint Phalle, and then details Hon—en katedral in terms of its conception, construction, reactions, and performative theory. The second section is a narrative chronology, one that focuses specifically on Saint Phalle’s artistic development and each series of works she created from the 1950s to her death in 2002.
Andrew Hershberger, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Skinner Green Rebecca, Dr. (Committee Member)
Eber Dena , Dr. (Committee Member)
97 p.

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  • Spangler, A. K. (2019). Hon's Anatomy: The Heart of Niki de Saint Phalle's Oeuvre [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555591478935112

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Spangler, Ashley. Hon's Anatomy: The Heart of Niki de Saint Phalle's Oeuvre. 2019. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555591478935112.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Spangler, Ashley. "Hon's Anatomy: The Heart of Niki de Saint Phalle's Oeuvre." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1555591478935112

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)