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Established Fabric Techniques Used to Create Motorized Forms

Description: The ancient artist's influences can still be felt in today's craftsmen. For example, the contemporary weaver Sheila Hick's prayer rugs are an assimulation of the textile techniques of ancient Peru, Persia, and India, and the macramed forms of the contemporary Spanish artist, Aurelis Munoz, are suggestive of the woven huts of many primitive cultures. Because of this influence upon the current investigation, the evolvement of weaving and its techniques, as well as the three-dimensional techniques… more
Date: December 1973
Creator: Laman, Jean B.
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Igor Stravinsky's Use of the Bassoon in his Compositions from 1908 to 1948

Description: Igor Stravinsky is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music. This study analyzed how Stravinsky absorbed the bassoon's solo and ensemble functions which he inherited and later significantly extended the scope of these functions by adapting them to his individual needs. The study concluded that Stravinsky's compositions are and will remain important landmarks in the history of bassoon literature.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Schroeder, Daniel F.
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Interpretive Drawing: Self-Portraits

Description: The objectives of the creative problem may be stated in two parts. First, the utilization of the self-portrait theme in order to explore a variety of drawing techniques, media combinations, and surface manipulations; and second, the maintenance of a sketchbook-diary which accompanies the study as supportive data. The sketchbook entries include not only pertinent visual material but also verbal commentary. The sketchbook-diary is sequential and denotes the various stages of development as well a… more
Date: December 1973
Creator: Taylor, Sandra L.
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Ultra-Rationality and Anti-rationality as Pre-compositional Techniques of the Twentieth Century

Description: Thesis analyzes the concepts of ultra-rationality and anti-rationality as pre-compositional techniques and then compares and contrasts the two. John W. Petersen discusses the development and use of the two techniques and their impact on the history of music.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Petersen, John W.
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