"heliopolis" by Phillip Matthew Gardner

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Defense Date

2006

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25772/5QR2-J995

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

Department

Communication Arts & Design

First Advisor

Sandra Wheeler

Abstract

In its contemporary incarnation the Epic, an artistic endeavor that has historically sought to encompass all other forms in a single seamless story line, can only fully command the realm of the internal. It demands the creation of a personal, metaphysical journey of self-revelation, and the fictionalization and itemization of the psychological players. This project, a narrative under the direction of combative philosophical leanings, attempts to reconcile the fundamental dichotomies that govern my existence and consolidate them into a cohesive conceptual and concrete form.

Comments

Part of Retrospective ETD Collection, restricted to VCU only.

Rights

© The Author

Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

June 2008

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