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To the light

dc.contributor.authorFrench, Matthew, author
dc.contributor.authorFaris, Suzanne, advisor
dc.contributor.authorVoss, Gary, committee member
dc.contributor.authorRyan, Ajean, committee member
dc.contributor.authorKneller, Jane, committee member
dc.contributor.authorLundberg, Thomas, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-27T03:57:28Z
dc.date.available2015-08-27T03:57:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWood is a warm, natural material that has a long history as a structural support in the construction of buildings and this role is deeply embedded in our minds. Left bare with minimal sealants, its grains reveal the course of the growth it took while still in an organic state. These qualities remind us of the living presence contained within certain inanimate objects. The scale of construction is miniature, revealing the numerous conscious decisions that went into building the passageways, levels, and thresholds that respond to each other as they define the spaces of the sculpture. The sculpture is intentionally taller than the human body so that we are physically overwhelmed and humbled by it. The constructed form also expresses the humbling qualities of gravity and time. The sculpture's appearance, as tenuous and struggling for uprightness, expresses the vulnerability all forms experience under the pressures of gravity and time. We relate to how our bodies feel physical vulnerability to these and other forces at work in the material world.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediummasters theses
dc.identifierFrench_colostate_0053N_13007.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/167039
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectsculpture
dc.titleTo the light
dc.typeText
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thesis.degree.disciplineArt and Art History
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

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