Abstract
This thesis project is documented in two separate parts. The first part consists of the exploratin and execution of six sculptures. The second is in the form of a written thesis, which will discuss the transformation of an idea, my influences, a body of work and the beginning of a visual voice. This project centers on the idea of a visceral state versus an intellectual state as part of the human condition. My interest lies in the interaction between these two states and how we as individuals balance them. For this project I classified an intellectual state to revolve around our ability to think, reason and understand. A visceral state may not need any intellect, but proceeds from instinct rather than rational thoughts.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sculpture--Themes, motives; Sculpture--Technique; Figure sculpture; Emotions in art; Instinct (Philosophy--Pictorial works; Intellect--Pictorial works
Publication Date
8-10-2005
Document Type
Master's Project
Student Type
Graduate
Advisor
Richard Hirsch
Advisor/Committee Member
Julia Galloway
Advisor/Committee Member
Eileen Feeney Bushnell
Recommended Citation
Brown, Holly, "Quest for balance" (2005). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/8207
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at NB1930 .B76 2005