Chance encounters: The construction of meaning through the process of assemblage in the boxes of Joseph Cornell and contemporary jewellery of Thomas Mann

Fenn, Julia Geraldine

Chance encounters: The construction of meaning through the process of assemblage in the boxes of Joseph Cornell and contemporary jewellery of Thomas Mann

dc.contributor.author	Fenn, Julia Geraldine
dc.date.accessioned	2006-10-31T11:28:53Z
dc.date.available	2006-10-31T11:28:53Z
dc.date.issued	2006-10-31T11:28:53Z
dc.description	Student Number : 9406610A - MA(FA) dissertation - School of Fine Art - Faculty of Arts	en
dc.description.abstract	This thesis is a study of the box constructions of New York artist Joseph Cornell from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, and the influence of his work on that of contemporary American jeweller Thomas Mann, as well as my own artistic production. The key areas of focus are the process of assemblage and the implications of the box format, with the following themes being explored: miniature space and time; preciousness; fetishism and voyeurism. These are followed through into the section on my own work, where the additional subjects of the history of collecting, automata and the stop-frame animation of filmmaker Jan Švankmajer are discussed. The conclusion that I reach is about the potential power residing in found objects, which form the basis of Cornell’s, Mann’s and my own work.	en
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/1532
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Cornell	en
dc.subject	Mann	en
dc.subject	Fenn	en
dc.subject	assemblage	en
dc.subject	box	en
dc.subject	found objects	en
dc.subject	preciousness	en
dc.subject	jewellery	en
dc.subject	miniature	en
dc.subject	collecting	en
dc.subject	fetishism	en
dc.subject	voyeurism	en
dc.title	Chance encounters: The construction of meaning through the process of assemblage in the boxes of Joseph Cornell and contemporary jewellery of Thomas Mann	en
dc.type	Thesis	en