Rectangular Emotion: The Expression of Awe in Painting and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater

This project studies the practical and theoretical expression of awe in contemporary painting. Works by Sidney Nolan and Mamma Andersson provide a backdrop to this investigation. The Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater was selected as a subject from which to translate the experience of awe into large scale...

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Main Author: Robertson, Kevin John
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68260
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description This project studies the practical and theoretical expression of awe in contemporary painting. Works by Sidney Nolan and Mamma Andersson provide a backdrop to this investigation. The Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater was selected as a subject from which to translate the experience of awe into large scale works painted on site. An original methodology was developed that combines Deleuzian affect theory with theories of representation, resulting in an affective trans-representational model of expressive painting.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-682602024-01-09T01:27:00Z Rectangular Emotion: The Expression of Awe in Painting and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater Robertson, Kevin John This project studies the practical and theoretical expression of awe in contemporary painting. Works by Sidney Nolan and Mamma Andersson provide a backdrop to this investigation. The Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater was selected as a subject from which to translate the experience of awe into large scale works painted on site. An original methodology was developed that combines Deleuzian affect theory with theories of representation, resulting in an affective trans-representational model of expressive painting. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68260 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Robertson, Kevin John
Rectangular Emotion: The Expression of Awe in Painting and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater
title Rectangular Emotion: The Expression of Awe in Painting and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater
title_full Rectangular Emotion: The Expression of Awe in Painting and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater
title_fullStr Rectangular Emotion: The Expression of Awe in Painting and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater
title_full_unstemmed Rectangular Emotion: The Expression of Awe in Painting and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater
title_short Rectangular Emotion: The Expression of Awe in Painting and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater
title_sort rectangular emotion: the expression of awe in painting and the wolfe creek meteorite crater
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68260