Ideal worlds : an investigation into the role fantasy plays in constructing imagery for visual practitioners within the context of contemporary painting

Author/s: Myah Flynn, MA
Availability: Open Access
Type: Thesis
Year: 2010
Category: Fine Arts
Institution: Unitec New Zealand

Abstract: This research aims to investigate how archetypal imagery, as seen in the literature of fantasy and mythology, can inform procedures for constructing contemporary painting within the figurative and abstract elements.


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