Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Buonagurio, Toby | Pindell, Howardena | Hesford, Victoria.
Date
2011-05-01
Keywords
black madonna, three graces | Art history--Women's studies
Department
Department of Studio Art
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71371
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
This thesis will examine my artistic practice in relation to a feminist critique of pop cultural imagery through the lens of historical/theological constructs of beauty and passivity. I will look specifically at the ideals of feminine beauty and virtue embedded in classical archetypes such as the Three Graces and the Renaissance Madonna. Discussion of the thesis work will also be situated in relation to the history and symbolic connotations of the Black Madonna. | 41 pages
Recommended Citation
Pascal, Nina M., "Breaking Icons: Passivity and Asexuality in Representations of the Three Graces and the Renaissance Madonna" (2011). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 577.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/577