Department of Art and Designhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/87842024-01-21T13:13:06Z2024-01-21T13:13:06ZCultural Tourism through the Lens of the Stereoscope: Underwood & Underwood’s Egypt, a 1905 Stereoview Boxed Set, ConsideredThompson, Sethhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/215902023-09-27T09:16:33Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZCultural Tourism through the Lens of the Stereoscope: Underwood & Underwood’s Egypt, a 1905 Stereoview Boxed Set, Considered
Thompson, Seth
Using the framework of the tourist gaze to investigate Underwood & Underwood’s Egypt, a 1905 stereoview boxed set with an accompanying book by James Henry Breasted, which is part of a larger collection of stereoview boxed sets by the same company, this paper will define the tourist gaze, provide a brief overview of Underwood & Underwood’s stereoview boxed sets, and examine how Egypt and its cultural heritage are perceived through an outsider’s orientation and set of values as well as the ramifications of this perception. This will be accomplished by focusing on Breasted’s textual depictions of the contemporary Egyptian at the beginning of the twentieth century in the set’s accompanying book, Egypt through the Stereoscope, and included on some of the back sides of the stereoviews in the Egypt set.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZWhere Islamic Visual Theory and Western Pictorial Tradition Meet: 360° Panoramic Photography’s Two-Dimensional Image Projections and Sacred SpacesThompson, Sethhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/213202023-09-27T09:16:33Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZWhere Islamic Visual Theory and Western Pictorial Tradition Meet: 360° Panoramic Photography’s Two-Dimensional Image Projections and Sacred Spaces
Thompson, Seth
Using this author's ongoing project Sacred Spaces of New England and Hans Belting's book Florence and Baghdad: Renaissance Art and Arab Science as starting points, this paper compares and contrasts Islamic visual theory with Western pictorial tradition and examines Islamic pattern design to root this author's 360° panoramic photography's two-dimensional geometric image projections of sacred spaces into an artistic tradition.
2021-01-01T00:00:00ZSacred Spaces of New England: Artistic Research, Cultural Heritage, and Virtual Reality Panoramic PhotographyThompson, Sethhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/165952023-09-27T09:16:33Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZSacred Spaces of New England: Artistic Research, Cultural Heritage, and Virtual Reality Panoramic Photography
Thompson, Seth
Artistic research is a methodology that integrates artistic activities within either the research process or its outcomes. By using New England's sacred spaces as a case study for the documentation and interpretation of cultural heritage, this paper provides an overview of the author's ongoing Sacred Spaces of New England project, examines how New England's sacred spaces are increasingly becoming "at-risk" heritage sites, and considers the value of documenting and mapping them using virtual reality panoramic photography and associated technologies.
2020-01-01T00:00:00ZConstructing National Identity through the Lens of the Painted Panorama: The Bourbaki Panorama in Lucerne, SwitzerlandThompson, Sethhttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/164012023-09-27T09:16:33Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZConstructing National Identity through the Lens of the Painted Panorama: The Bourbaki Panorama in Lucerne, Switzerland
Thompson, Seth
Using the Bourbaki Panorama, which depicts the French General Charles-Denis Bourbaki’s army crossing Switzerland’s border near Les Verrières in 1871, this paper examines the notion of identity narrative in nation-building and addresses the following questions: How does the Bourbaki Panorama reinforce Switzerland’s national identity? How can identity narratives strengthen or challenge a nation’s collective memory? How can these findings inform current and future practices in the development and interpretation of new and existing panorama projects?
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