The history of Cyrus Edwin Dallin: Eminent Utah sculptor

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Title The history of Cyrus Edwin Dallin: Eminent Utah sculptor
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Fine Arts
Department Art & Art History
Author Knapp, Alma J.
Date 1948
Description The origin of sculpture is lost in antiquity. In fact, sculpture is as old as civilization itself. The appreciation of the fine arts do not belong to the savage era of the human race as that was a period of self-preservation, although there are some evidences in caves and on weapons of carving and painting. As civilization evolved mankind acquired leisure and we find him expressing himself in the universal language of the fine arts. The idolatry of the old world stimulated sculpture in the worship of their many gods. We are told in the Bible that the Israelites were repeatedly exhorted to turn away from the worship of images and they were punished, according to the Holy Writ, because of their disobedience in this respect. Hence, in sculpture they did nothing as their religion forbade their making "graven images."
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Dallin, Cyrus E. (Cyrus Edwin), 1861-1944 Sculptors -- Utah -- Biography
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Master of Fine Arts
Language eng
Rights Management (c) Alma J. Knapp
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
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Identifier etd3/id/2113
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Setname ir_etd
ID 195798
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w09msr
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