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  • Re-enacting craft in times of war : Allison Smith and Stephanie Syjuco's activist art 
    Zechnowitz, Jessie Lauren (San Francisco State University, 2015)
    This thesis explores the artistic and political significance of the work of Allison Smith and Stephanie Syjuco, focusing on the manufacture of objects as a type of performance art, and allusions to historical conflict in ...
  • Will the real Otto Dix please stand up? : Dix, Nietzsche, and Lacan 
    Nathan, Wurster Bryan (San Francisco State University, 2015)
    This thesis is an analysis of paintings created by the German modernist Otto Dix (1891-1969) through the dual methodology of Nietzschean philosophy and Lacanian psychoanalysis. This thesis focuses on self-portraits made ...
  • Living Kirishitan icons of early modern Japan 
    Thomas, Ema Kubo (San Francisco State University, 2015)
    The period of underground Christianity in Japan from 1639-1873 produced a distinctly Japanese sect of the Catholic religion. The icons produced during period reflect the Japanese Christian believers’ deep Buddhist roots. ...
  • Virtuous stone : Medieval Llotjas of the Crown of Aragon 
    Renteria, Soraya (San Francisco State University, 2015)
    Built during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Llotja of Barcelona and the Llotja of Valencia were multipurpose halls for merchants to meet and conduct wholesale trade. These Llotja served as a space where ...
  • Crafting agency : evaluating the decorative role of the nineteenth-century French housewife 
    Kleit, Natasha Jennifer (San Francisco State University, 2015)
    The nineteenth-century French home was a significant space for decoration. Every facet of the domestic interior was adorned and filled with decorative objects and furnishing that reflected upon a family’s wealth, cultural ...