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The picturesque: plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home
Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2021.
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| author | Scharf, Katharine-Anne Renate |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/123628 The picturesque: plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home Scharf, Katharine-Anne Renate Huigen-Conradie, Stephane Edith Viljoen, Stella Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts. Picturesque, The Gardening -- Philosophy Gardens -- Philosophy Botanical illustration Graphical arts Human beings -- Effect of environment on Nature -- Effect of human beings on UCTD Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2021. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Plant life has long been a popular subject matter across visual art forms. This study explored certain historical, cultural and philosophical ideas relating to the depiction of plants, gardens and nature in art, which have been iconic or symbolic in specific art historical contexts. The garden is often thought of as a utopia and a refuge, a sentiment reflected in religious narratives, analogies, myths and legends, lending itself to ideas of the beautiful and the picturesque. It is through this ‘picturesque’ aesthetic that I contemplated the nature of my artistic practice. In this thesis, I consider how my foliagescapes function as a culmination of my own experience of the garden and the sense of belonging it evokes in me. Through the process of painting, drawing and printmaking, I attempt to articulate how my research influences the work that I create, and ultimately, how the subject matter of the garden can be utilised in the project of meaning making or used to subvert expected visual codes. The work is a practice-based study and discusses the work of three main artists: Deborah Poynton (Chapter 1), Gabrielle Kruger (Chapter 2) and Jennifer Packer (Chapter 3). By examining diverse perspectives, I endeavour to make sense of the significance of the garden and plants. The notion of the picturesque speaks to my method of making, wherein I focus on two-dimensional works, creating ‘pictures’ that are consciously (or subconsciously) By examining diverse perspectives, I endeavour to make sense of the significance of the garden and plants. The notion of the picturesque speaks to my method of making, wherein I focus on two-dimensional works, creating ‘pictures’ that are consciously (or subconsciously) constructed to elicit a feeling of repose. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Plantlewe is lank reeds ʼn gewilde onderwerp in alle visuelekunsvorme. Hierdie studie het ʼn ondersoek behels na sekere geskiedkundige, kulturele en filosofiese idees verbonde aan die uitbeelding van plante, tuine en die natuur in kuns, wat ikonies of simbolies in spesifieke kunsgeskiedeniskontekste was. Die tuin word dikwels as ʼn utopie en ʼn toevlug beskou, ʼn sentiment wat in godsdienstige narratiewe, analogieë, mites en legendes weerspieël is, en leen hom tot idees van die pragtige en die skilderagtige. Dit is deur hierdie ‘skilderagtige’ estetika wat ek die aard van my kunspraktyk ondersoek het. In hierdie tesis ondersoek ek hoe my ‘blareskap’ (foliagescapes) as ʼn hoogtepunt funksioneer van my eie ervaring van die tuin en die gevoel van behoort wat dit in my wek. Deur my skilder-, teken- en drukprosesse poog ek om te verwoord hoe my navorsing die werk wat ek skep, beïnvloed en uiteindelik hoe die onderwerp van die tuin in die projek van betekenisvorming benut kan word of gebruik kan word om verwagte visuele kodes om te keer. Deur diverse perspektiewe te ondersoek, poog ek om sin te maak van die belang van die tuin en plante. Die idee van die skilderagtige word vergestalt in my skeppingsmetode, waarin ek op tweedimensionele werke fokus en ‘prente’ skep wat bewustelik (of onderbewustelik) saamgestel word om ʼn gevoel van verposing teweeg te bring. Masters 2021-07-28T10:09:32Z 2021-12-22T14:12:57Z 2021-07-28T10:09:32Z 2021-12-22T14:12:57Z 2021-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123628 en_ZA Stellenbosch University xii, 117 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Picturesque, The Gardening -- Philosophy Gardens -- Philosophy Botanical illustration Graphical arts Human beings -- Effect of environment on Nature -- Effect of human beings on UCTD Scharf, Katharine-Anne Renate The picturesque: plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home |
| title | The picturesque: plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home |
| title_full | The picturesque: plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home |
| title_fullStr | The picturesque: plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home |
| title_full_unstemmed | The picturesque: plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home |
| title_short | The picturesque: plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home |
| title_sort | picturesque plant life as a reinforcement of the concept of home |
| topic | Picturesque, The Gardening -- Philosophy Gardens -- Philosophy Botanical illustration Graphical arts Human beings -- Effect of environment on Nature -- Effect of human beings on UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123628 |
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