Canvas politics: Norman Lewis and the art of Abstract Resistance

Norman Lewis (1909-1979) is best remembered, perhaps erroneously, as the first African American Abstract Expressionist. In this dissertation, I argue that he is better suited as a Social Abstractionist and an Abstract Allusionist based on the life he lived, the work he produced, and his involvement in both black art and the Abstract Expressionist movement. ^ I begin by presenting a comprehensive overview of Lewis\u27 biography and oeuvre. Painting from the 1930s to the late 1970s, his aesthetic sensibilities can be categorized into three distinct phases: 1) in the 1930s, answering to the call for a new presentation of the Negro, Lewis, under the guidance of philosopher Alain Locke, painted in a style commonly associated with Social Realism; 2) in his second phase starting in the mid-1940s, Lewis, disillusioned with the inefficiency of painting Social Realist works, begin transitioning into a more abstract style of figuration; 3) in the final phase of his career from 1946 to the time of his death, Lewis worked on a series of fully abstracted paintings for which he became best known. During this time, Lewis developed his own symbolic language to present racially informed abstract paintings. My analysis will cover different ways to better understand Lewis\u27 position and contribution to the post World War II art scene in America. To this end, I call him both a Social Abstractionist and an Abstract Allusionist. I posit that these terms give new contexts to Lewis\u27 aesthetic, and demonstrate his innovations in fashioning his own complex cultural identity

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Fleck e a construção do conhecimento sobre Diabetes Mellitus e insulina: contribuições para o ensino

Para subsidiar o potencial uso da História da Ciência em disciplinas das áreas das Ciências Biológicas e de pós-graduações afins, foca-se um episódio da História da Ciência e da Saúde, qual seja a relação da Diabetes Mellitus com a insulina. Diabetes Mellitus é considerada, desde 1975, um problema de saúde pública pela Organização Mundial de Saúde. Foi feita uma análise histórico-epistemológica referente à construção do conhecimento sobre o hormônio insulina tendo como referência a perspectiva epistemológica de Ludwick Fleck, médico e filósofo polonês

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Investigating Twenty-five Volumes of The Flutist Quarterly: A Content Analysis

This study examines scholarly articles in twenty-five volumes of The Flutist Quarterly, which is published by the National Flute Association. Articles were specifically examined for emerging categories, and frequency and percentages of each was noted. In addition, major trends that have occurred within the periodical over the past twenty-five years were examined. Using a content analysis, N = 391 articles were coded to fit into ten prominent categories: artist profile, career-related, composition, health, historical, instrument, interview, pedagogy, performance practice, and other. Results indicated that Artist Profile (21.99%, n = 86), Interview (18.93%, n = 74), and Historical (16.11%, n = 63) categories were the most prominent. In addition, trends over the past twenty-five volumes have shown an emphasis on performers throughout the articles, as well as a tendency toward performance-based topics such as popular compositions and performance practices. The least popular areas of publication included pedagogy (5.11%, n = 20), health (4.09%, n = 16), career-related (3.32%, n = 13), and instrument (3.07%, n = 12) categories. Additional trends are noted to inform and advance the flutist community