• The art of light : a reflection on a piece for orchestra 

  Stiles, Mary (2018-01-29)

  This dissertation is a reflection on The Art of Light, a piece written for orchestra by Mary Stiles. The document discusses formal aspects of the work as well as the composer's thoughts on the compositional process. Aspects ...
• Rubens and the Stoic Baroque: Classical Stoic Ethics, Rhetoric, and Natural Philosophy in Rubens’s Style 

  Nutting, Catherine M. (2018-01-18)

  Rubens is known as a painter; he should also be defined as an art theorist. Following Robert Williams’ theory that Early Modern art became philosophical, I believe that style can connote art theoretical interests and ...
• The Simurgh: representations and meaning in Persian painting 

  Nabavi Nejad, Behrang (2018-01-10)

  The fantastic Simurgh, the mythical bird of ancient Persia, has maintained a significant presence in Persian culture. The visual and textual references to this bird manifest a mysterious and complex symbolism shaped around ...
• The force of culture : Vincent Massey and Canadian sovereignty 

  Finlay, Karen A. (2018-01-05)

  In Canada, a country defined by a certain cultural reticence, Vincent Massey (1887–1967) was that remarkable entity, a champion of culture. Through a wide range of initiatives in the arts and education, he expressed his ...
• Shepherds of the Regency: a study and critical edition of François Campion’s Avantures Pastorales Op.3 (1719) 

  Bozhinov, Konstantin R. (2018-01-03)

  This dissertation is the first study of François Campion’s (1686-1747) Avantures Pastorales Op.3 (1719), a collection of airs, interspersed within a connecting narrative. The story is a retelling of the myth of Damon and ...
• Golubets, gravehouse, and gate : old Russian traditions and the wooden mortuary architecture in Russia, Siberia, and the North Pacific 

  Currier, Janice Arlee (2017-11-29)

  The cemetery in the Tanaina (Dena'ina) village of Eklutna, Alaska, features brightly coloured miniature houses constructed of wood to mark graves, rather than using simple crosses or stones. These gravehouses give the ...
• Altered states : musical and psychological processes in Wagner 

  Syer, Katherine Rae (2017-11-27)

  This study reconstructs the early development of modern psychological thought as a context for understanding Wagner's artistic practices. It opens by considering the evolution of psychological thought in German-speaking ...
• The Heiltsuk case : museums, collectors, inventories 

  Black, Martha (2017-10-19)

  The art of the Heiltsuk of the central coast of British Columbia is not well known to non-aboriginal people and has been frequently misrepresented in the literature on the Northwest Coast. Because the majority of historical ...
• The late Ottoman En'am-i șerif : sacred text and images in an Islamic prayer book 

  Bain, Alexandra (2017-10-19)

  The inclusion of representational imagery in a sacred context is extremely rare in the history of Islamic art. This dissertation examines the evolution of the Ottoman En'am-i Serif, a group of manuscripts dating from the ...
• The court odes of Henry Purcell : an evaluation [of] his style from 1680-1695 

  Grant, Wendy Lyn (2017-09-11)

  The Restoration of Charles 11 to the throne of England in 1660 gave rise to a new form of composition. The “Ode,” loosely patterned on the poetry of Pindar and cast in the form of an address, was written for royal occasions ...
• Ordering chaos : the Canadian fringe theatre phenomenon 

  Paterson, Erika (2017-07-31)

  In 1982, the Edmonton Fringe began as a low budget experimental theatre event,and quickly became an annual celebration of performance that was (and is) a truly popular festival. Today, the Edmonton Fringe attracts ...
• Something's Different in the State of Denmark; or, What if Horatio Were a Girl? 

  Avirom, Haviva (2017-06-26)
• The Sacred cantatas of Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) 

  Reul, Barbara Margaretha (2017-05-31)

  J.F. Fasch, the Kapellmeister at the Court of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1722 to 1758 and one of the most neglected contemporaries of J.S. Bach, composed approximately 1400 sacred cantatas during his life time. Seven cycles ...
• Restoring the biographical portrait : the case of Mary Beale (1633-1699) 

  Campbell, Kristin Erin (2017-05-25)

  This thesis investigates the development of the biography of the Baroque portrait painter, Mary Beale (1633-1699), through historiography. The conventional gendered construction of Mary, primarily as a wife and mother, and ...
• Origins, journeys, encounters: a cultural analysis of wayang performances in North America 

  Hartana, Sutrisno Setya (2017-05-02)

  This dissertation examines an Indonesian-North American version of an evolving, transnational and hybrid multimedia art form which has come about through forty years of adaptations made by cross-culturally located artists ...
• The architecture of ritual : eighteenth-century Lucknow and the making of the Great Imambarah complex, a forgotten world monument 

  Keshani, Hussein (2017-04-21)

  In the late eighteenth century, a large urban redevelopment program was initiated by the Shii Isna ‘Ashari Muslim ruler Asaf al-Dawlah in Lucknow, a city located in the prosperous, semi-autonomous north Indian region of ...
• From Raqqa with love: The Raqqa excavations by the Ottoman Imperial Museum (1905-06 and 1908) 

  Tütüncü Çağlar, Filiz (2017-02-16)

  The Ottoman Empire initiated a serious attempt in the archaeological exploration of ancient sites lying in its territory during the Hamidian period. By claiming ownership over the heritage of past civilizations, it aimed ...
• Music and sonic space in Victoria, B.C., 1871-1886: the creation of British identity in a Canadian frontier town 

  Concord, Alisabeth Lauren (2016-12-21)

  In the process of carving a new England out of the southern end of Vancouver Island in the later nineteenth century, the population of Victoria, BC sought to forge a British identity for themselves through music and its ...
• Intergenerational theatre in India: a reflective practitioner case study on an intercultural theatre exchange between Canada and rural Tamil Nadu 

  Gusul, Matthew Joseph (2016-07-06)

  In 2004, a Tsunami had devastating effects on the province of Tamil Nadu, India. In the community’s re-building process, many elders were forced to live in areas of the coastal region referred to as “Grannie Dumps,” because ...
• Musical Memory, Cultural Memory, and Digital Technologies: Perspectives and Analytical Approaches 

  Brosin, Annette (2015-12-17)

  A radical transformation is taking place in today’s society with the rapid developments in digital technology. The digital dispersion of information occurs globally at an unprecedented speed, altering innumerable aspects ...

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