Anthropomorphic Space: The room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting

This PhD explores the possibility of painting a portrait of a person by painting a room that represents or symbolises them. This is not an individual study of either portraiture or of interior decor. It is the study of both combined, into something in-between. It offers evidence to support original...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ralph, David
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80665
_version_ 1848764248633638912
author Ralph, David
author_facet Ralph, David
author_sort Ralph, David
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description This PhD explores the possibility of painting a portrait of a person by painting a room that represents or symbolises them. This is not an individual study of either portraiture or of interior decor. It is the study of both combined, into something in-between. It offers evidence to support original theory that painted domestic interiors can be anthropomorphic and deeply indicative of a living person or group of people.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T11:16:20Z
format Thesis
id curtin-20.500.11937-80665
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T11:16:20Z
publishDate 2019
publisher Curtin University
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-806652022-08-19T01:10:24Z Anthropomorphic Space: The room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting Ralph, David This PhD explores the possibility of painting a portrait of a person by painting a room that represents or symbolises them. This is not an individual study of either portraiture or of interior decor. It is the study of both combined, into something in-between. It offers evidence to support original theory that painted domestic interiors can be anthropomorphic and deeply indicative of a living person or group of people. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80665 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Ralph, David
Anthropomorphic Space: The room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting
title Anthropomorphic Space: The room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting
title_full Anthropomorphic Space: The room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting
title_fullStr Anthropomorphic Space: The room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting
title_full_unstemmed Anthropomorphic Space: The room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting
title_short Anthropomorphic Space: The room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting
title_sort anthropomorphic space: the room as a portrait of its absent subject in painting
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80665