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THE BLINDING INSTINCT
by
Michael Hayden
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Michael Hayden
Object Description
| Title | The blinding instinct |
| Author | Hayden, Michael |
| Author email | mickeyhayden@gmail.com; mhayden@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Fine Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Fine Arts |
| School | School of Fine Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-04-15 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 08 Aug. 2011. |
| Date published | 2011-08-08 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Fine, Jud |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Stark, Frances Tumlir, Jan |
| Abstract | This dissertation examines historical recurrences of antipathies towards image making that have fueled many of the most important currents in art for the past century. The Russian Avant-Garde, Modernism, and Conceptualism are a few of the most important drives in 20th Century art that have sought to excise representation as dominant modes. Artistic movements away from representation have most often been discussed as motivated by art’s own evolution; however, there are notable external parallels. These art-historical trends will be presented against the backdrop of historical iconoclastic movements, emphasizing political and religious motivations. Through vandalism, art has been the subject of attacks that emphasize the potency of offending images. More interestingly, dogmatic policy for or against the creation of imagery offers insight into the anxieties surrounding representation. This paper will explore the ways these deeply ingrained conflicts have incited work that grapples with representational conventions in the pursuit of the un-representable |
| Keyword | art; iconoclasm; imagery; vandalism |
| Coverage era | Twentieth Century |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2505 |
| Rights | Hayden, Michael |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Hayden-3093 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Hayden-3093.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | THE BLINDING INSTINCT by Michael Hayden A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF FINE ARTS August 2009 Copyright 2009 Michael Hayden |
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