Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 2009-11-24 Beauty, Ugliness, and Meaning: A Study of Difficult Beauty Christine Anne Palmer Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Art Practice Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Palmer, Christine Anne, "Beauty, Ugliness, and Meaning: A Study of Difficult Beauty" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 2312. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2312 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. BEAUTY, UGLINESS, AND MEANING: A STUDY OF DIFFICULT BEAUTY By Christine A. Palmer A Thesis submitted to the faculty of Brigham Young University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Art Education Department of Visual Arts Brigham Young University December 2009 Copyright 2009 Christine A. Palmer All Rights Reserved ii BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GRADUATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL of a thesis submitted by Christine A. Palmer This thesis has been read by each member of the following graduate committee and by a majority vote has been found to be satisfactory ____________________ ___________________________________ Date Chair, Daniel T. Barney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor ____________________ ___________________________________ Date Mark A. Graham,