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Degree Name
MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
Program
Art
Date of Award
12-2003
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Michael Smith
Committee Members
David B. Dixon, David G. Logan
Abstract
This paper discusses the twentieth century American artist Frederick Sommer (1905-1999) and a subject that concerned him throughout his career: the image of the body. From his visceral photographs of the late 1930s to the finely organized anatomical collages of the 1990s, Sommer engaged the image of the body as primary subject matter.
Sommer’s revisioning of the body—earth, animal, and human—characterized his life’s work, informed his most striking imagery, and enabled the realization of his aesthetic achievement. The centrality of the body throughout Sommer’s oeuvre, as primary visual material and organizational metaphor, is the theme of this study.
Document Type
Thesis - restricted
Recommended Citation
Baden, Eric, "The Image of the Body in the Works of Frederick Sommer." (2003). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 838. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/838
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.