The Medieval Modern Discourse and the Ethos of the Menil Curatorial Method

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dc.contributor.advisorZalman, Sandra
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHarren, Natilee
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSteinhoff, Judith
dc.creatorStephens, Katherine Adele
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-22T21:53:47Z
dc.date.available2018-06-22T21:53:47Z
dc.date.createdMay 2018
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2018
dc.date.updated2018-06-22T21:53:47Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines how an obscure exhibition from 1958 called Islands Beyond: An Exhibition of Ecclesiastical Sculpture and Modern Paintings is the first visual embodiment in the United States of the early twentieth-century discourse relating medieval art and modern art. The small exhibition inaugurated the newly completed fine arts buildings at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas and was organized by Jermayne MacAgy and Dominique de Menil. Its emphasis on non-naturalistic art, transhistorical juxtapositions, and its clearly spiritual preoccupation came to define the ethos of John and Dominique de Menil’s future projects in Houston, including the Rothko Chapel and the Menil Collection. Furthermore, Islands Beyond was preceded and substantiated by pivotal contributions to the medieval-modern discourse by the Dominican priest Father Marie-Alain Couturier, Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, and key historians of modern art who were trained in medieval art, like Meyer Schapiro, Alfred Barr and others.
dc.description.departmentArt, School of
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/3131
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectMedieval art
dc.subjectMedieval
dc.subjectModern art
dc.subjectMenil Collection
dc.subjectde Menil, Dominique
dc.subjectMacAgy, Jermayne
dc.subjectSchapiro, Meyer
dc.subjectBarr, Alfred
dc.subjectThe Armory Show
dc.subjectIslands Beyond
dc.subjectMedieval-Modern
dc.subjectThematic exhibition
dc.subjectTranshistorical exhibition
dc.subjectEarly twentieth century discourse
dc.subjectCouturier, Marie-Alain
dc.subjectRenouveau Catholique
dc.subjectCatholic Revivalism
dc.subjectNeo-Thomism
dc.subjectAquinas, Thomas
dc.subjectMaritain, Jacques
dc.subjectMeiss, Millard
dc.titleThe Medieval Modern Discourse and the Ethos of the Menil Curatorial Method
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeKathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
thesis.degree.departmentArt, School of
thesis.degree.disciplineArt History
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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