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Re-Drawing History: the Artist as Author and Historian

Stokes, Caitlin C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343046777

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2012, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Art.
My thesis work explores narrative and the relationship between the artist, author, and historian. My approach includes the construction of historical narratives; the relationship of myth, memory and history; the visual arrangement of space in two-dimensional images to communicate an expression of time; visual legibility and cultural literacy; and the use of narrative in the construction of identity. This document is written in sections encompassing a narrative description of my work; an analysis of types of visual narrative structures; and modes of narrative production in my own work. There are also extended sections discussing my work included in the MFA show, On the Origins of Western Imperialism, its proposed companion piece, America, and an on-going project to create a deck of playing cards at the Logan Elm Press (LEP). Another section expounds upon the primary influences on my work, including the graphic, using examples of the work of artists Edward Gorey, Aubrey Beardsley, Francisco Goya, Raymond Pettibon, and Nancy Spero; Le Tableau through analysis of two works by Hieronymus Bosch and contemporary artist Karin Mamma Andersson; and Medieval Art, including paintings and drawings by Pisanello and Uccello. In addition to this are a discussion of the historical content of my work and its relationship to its subject; my primary intellectual influences regarding history, memory, and the archive; and an investigation into the construction of the Outsider Artist identity and my relationship to it.
Suzanne Silver (Advisor)
Laura Lisbon (Committee Member)
Sergio Soave (Committee Member)

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  • Stokes, C. C. (2012). Re-Drawing History: the Artist as Author and Historian [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343046777

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stokes, Caitlin. Re-Drawing History: the Artist as Author and Historian. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343046777.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stokes, Caitlin. "Re-Drawing History: the Artist as Author and Historian." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1343046777

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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