Fenn, Julia Geraldine2006-10-312006-10-312006-10-31http://hdl.handle.net/10539/1532Student Number : 9406610A - MA(FA) dissertation - School of Fine Art - Faculty of ArtsThis 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.19977 bytes1122740 bytes18784 bytes15448 bytes10934 bytes74647 bytes150212 bytes11165 bytes9768 bytes29381 bytesapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfenCornellMannFennassemblageboxfound objectspreciousnessjewelleryminiaturecollectingfetishismvoyeurismThesis