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Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse
Concentrating on the object as vestige of function in the portrayal of muses in ancient Greek sculpture, my aim is to dismiss their traditional representations, and to reconstruct the choir of the muses by iconographic substitution. The hypothesis is that if the muses are prototypes rather than pers...
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| author | Von Solms, Charlayn Imogen |
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| description | Concentrating on the object as vestige of function in the portrayal of muses in ancient Greek sculpture, my aim is to dismiss their traditional representations, and to reconstruct the choir of the muses by iconographic substitution. The hypothesis is that if the muses are prototypes rather than personages, then mythic meaning will survive its own dislocation and continue to function in substitute form, giving the resulting sculptures symbolic impetus. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17495 Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse Von Solms, Charlayn Imogen Arnott, Bruce Murray Fine Art Concentrating on the object as vestige of function in the portrayal of muses in ancient Greek sculpture, my aim is to dismiss their traditional representations, and to reconstruct the choir of the muses by iconographic substitution. The hypothesis is that if the muses are prototypes rather than personages, then mythic meaning will survive its own dislocation and continue to function in substitute form, giving the resulting sculptures symbolic impetus. 2016-03-04T16:49:10Z 2016-03-04T16:49:10Z 1998 Master Thesis Masters MFA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17495 eng application/pdf Michaelis School of Fine Art Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Fine Art Von Solms, Charlayn Imogen Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse |
| title_full | Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse |
| title_fullStr | Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse |
| title_short | Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse |
| title_sort | hermetic heresies a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse |
| topic | Fine Art |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17495 |
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