Special Collections has copy number 15/25, and is accompanied by a [4] page prospectus and card to Special Collections from the artist. IaU Edition of 25 copies. A modern artists' book created for her thesis project at University of Iowa. Four french folds depict the organs inside a life sized body. Text printed from hand-set Caslon, Van Dijck italic, and photopolymer plates. Images printed from photopolymer and flexi-cut printing plates. The papers are Somerset text weight and abaca bound in a paper case.--Colophon. Thesis supervisors: Julia Leonard and Sara Langworthy. M.F.A. University of Iowa 2015
Summary:
A View of Affect has been two fold: to engage closely with an early modern book, and to experiment with the idea that self-examination as a legitimate way to gain knowledge about the body. Working with Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, has opened to view the extensive constellation of ideas that were part of the philosophical universe of the time. I engaged with the Anatomy of Melancholy by immersing myself in the prose, responding to Burton's writing with my own writing. I also studied and made drawings from early modern anatomical illustrations, and I drew shapes found in nature that seemed analogous to shapes in the body. All the while, I relied firmly on my own observations. The shapes found in nature, and the line quality in the early modern prints influenced my drawings, but I only drew what I saw. A View of Affect is not a historical model, but I did fully embrace Burton's belief in the importance of direct observation. The purpose of my treatise on the how emotions exist and function in the body is not to specify what is there for others, but to encourage readers to look carefully at their own internal life.--Artists' statement from MFA thesis, University of Iowa, 2015.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)948682565
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.