Year of Award
2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
Master of Arts (MA)
Degree Name
Art
Other Degree Name/Area of Focus
Art History and Criticism
Department or School/College
School of Visual and Media Arts
Committee Chair
Julia Galloway
Commitee Members
Valerie Hedquist, Tobin Addington, Nikolyn Garner
Keywords
lemons, vanitas, dutch golden age, contemporary art
Publisher
University of Montana
Subject Categories
Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture | Contemporary Art | Fine Arts | Other History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Theory and Criticism
Abstract
In seventeenth-century Dutch painting, the lemon holds a prominent visual, economical, socio-cultural, and moral position. This trend would then be repeated in contemporary art, beginning in roughly the 1970s. This thesis, in two parts, will explore the significance of the prevalence of the lemon and their recurrent presence in both Dutch Golden Age art and modern and contemporary artwork. This multivalent approach will look at lemons as not only a visual representation of fruit, but a symbol of larger concepts such as globalization, commercialism, colonialism, sexuality, religion, linguistics, mythology, and pop culture.
Recommended Citation
Barr, Amanda, "APPEALINGLY UNPEELED: THE LAYERED LEMONS IN DUTCH GOLDEN AGE AND CONTEMPORARY ART" (2021). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11822.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11822
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