Browsing by Author "Freddolini, Francesco"

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Celebration Of Authorship Program 2018-2019
(University of Regina Library, 2019) Arbuthnott, Shane; Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae; Blake, Raymond; Bradley, Cara; Coupal, Michelle; Demers, Jason; Dubois, Brenda; Freddolini, Francesco; Gacek, James; Granovsky-Larsen, Simon; Gregory, david; Greifenhagen, Franz Volker; Hansen, Phillip; Hanson, Cindy; Harrison, Yvonne; Hébert, Cristyne; Melançon, Jérôme; Hillabold, Jean; Irwin, Kathleen; Levit, Tatiana; Montgomery, H. Monty; Nolan, Kathleen; Petry, Roger; Reul, Barbara; Stojanova, Christina; Whyte, John
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The Heart of Relics: Catholic Relics, Affect, and the Heart of Brother Andre
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2019-12) Wood-Gagnon, Sarah Elizabeth; Robertson, Carmen; Ramsay, Christine; Mudde, Anna; Freddolini, Francesco; Purnis, Jan
Catholic relics elicit strong emotion and are thought to have healing powers; they are an important part of Catholic practice, yet their affect is not often explicitly explored. Arguing that relics are affective, or emotionally impactful, because they are part of a system that encourages intense emotional reactions through sensation and perception, this thesis examines the transmutability of Catholic relics and their emotional impact beyond religious doctrine using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework of affect, emotion and empathy. Locating Catholic practice within a twentieth-century Quebec context in the form of a case study, this investigation of affect is situated through events surrounding the display of the relic heart of Brother André in the 1970s as well as his larger healing ministry. Utilizing discourse and media analysis methods and set against the historical background of the body and physicality in Catholicism, an overview of the sensory and emotional history of relics, and the emotional attachment of the faithful to the saints, this thesis concludes that the positive affect generated by Catholic relics is transmissible to non-Catholics, as humans are susceptible to empathic contagion.
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Unconventionality in Thomas Gainsborough's Portrait of Henry Scott: Rethinking the Representation of Dogs as Rational Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Portraiture
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2019-04) Kozak, Luba Stephania; Rogers, Randal; Freddolini, Francesco; Juschka, Darlene; Farrel-Racette, Sherry; McTavish, Lianne
This thesis reconsiders the perception and status of pets in eighteenth-century Britain through an analysis of the unconventional modes of representation in Thomas Gainsborough’s portrait of Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleuch. By examining the social attitudes towards pets in eighteenth-century Britain, this thesis discusses the elevated status of dogs in Britain’s early modern visual culture, which offers new possibilities for understanding the complex and sympathetic relationship between owners and their pets. By reconstructing the identity of the Dandie Dinmont dog in Gainsborough’s portrait of Henry Scott, this thesis provides an alternative narrative for the painting in which the dog is acknowledged for its near-equal role of importance in relation to the human subject. Contemporary discourses on animal ethics and posthumanist theory, as well as early modern philosophies, will be applied to the analysis of the portrait, with a primary focus on the influential writings of the eighteenth-century philosopher, David Hume. Gainsborough’s rejection of iconographic convention, which complicates the categorization of the portrait within a specific subgenre of portraiture, will also be discussed.
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University of Regina Community Authors 2018-2019
(University of Regina Library, 2019) Arbuthnott, Shane; Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae; Irwin, Kathleen; Blake, Raymond; Bradley, Cara; Coupal, Michelle; Demers, Jason; Dubois, Brenda; Freddolini, Francesco; Gachek, James; Granovsky-Larsen, Simon; Gregory, david; Greifenhagen, Franz Volker; Hansen, Phillip; Hanson, Cindy; Harrison, Yvonne; Hébert, Cristyne; Hillabold, Jean (pen name: Jean Roberta); Levit, Tatiana; Melançon, Jérôme; Montgomery, H. Monty; Nolan, Kathleen; Petry, Roger; Reul, Barbara; Stojanova, Christina; Whyte, John
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The West in Bronze: Analyzing the Market and Networks of Western American Bronze Sculptures, 1895-2019
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2020-05) Dahlstrom, Kylie Rae; Freddolini, Francesco; Ramsay, Christine; Smith, Megan; Anderson, Mark Cronlund
This thesis examines the market growth of Western American bronze sculpture over the course of 124 years (1895-2019), from Frederic Remington’s Bronco Buster until now. The genre of Western American art is a highly marginalized genre that has received limited study, and the market analysis even less so. The research for this thesis was primarily conducted through the use of digital methodologies falling under the realm of the digital humanities and, in particular, digital art history. Such methodological approach, particularly productive for art market studies, brings to the fore quantitative data in relation to artist’s sales, dealer’s activities, auctions, and collectors’ interests that enable us to pose new questions in relation to the production of Western American sculpture throughout a large chronological span. Analysis of this data proves that although the work has a racist and nationalistic past, it is changing towards more inclusive iconographies, and the market networks are still growing and show no signs of slowing down.