Browsing by Author "Schendel, Tory L."

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    Albrecht Dürer: changes in his artwork during the Reformation
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2013-04-05) Schendel, Tory L.
    The research conducted is to explain the stylistic changes that occurred in Albrecht Dürer’s art during the transitioning period from medieval to Renaissance. By acquiring Dürer’s Nachlass [private diary] from the IU Lily Library and reading literature from the top medieval and Renaissance specialists, such as David Price, Andrew Morrall, and Erwin Panofsky, the influence stemmed from Dürer’s new found faith in Lutheranism. No longer did Dürer focus solely on monograms, he introduced the art of triptychs. Studies believe that Dürer only created triptychs while working in Giovanni Bellini’s workshop, but this study allots reasoning to the Reformation.
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    Optics and Visio Dei: interpretations of female mystic Art
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2014-04-11) Schendel, Tory L.
    Religious visions are personal experiences in which individuals have a sensory experience that is in some way supernatural or divine. In the context of medieval Christianity, true visionaries were understood to have received revelations directly from God, without mediation from priests. In the tradition of the medieval Church and society, women were relegated to a subordinate role; thus, when the mystic who experienced a vision from God was a woman, the situation required careful interpretation, for in bypassing the intermediary authority of the priest, the woman was potentially subverting a hierarchy which itself was considered to have been established by God. This paper will analyze one of the most important medieval mystics, Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), and examine her writings and her images produced in Scivias. It is hypothesized that the medieval ideas of optics and biblical exegesis worked in harmony to structure Hildegard's experiences and to legitimize those experiences to others at the time. In this paper, key images created by Hildegard were analyzed to interpret the descriptions of her experiences and their rendering in visual form in relation to the medieval theories of vision and theology itself. Mentor: Jennifer Lee, Department of Art History, IU Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
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    The Perceived Intrinsic Value of Leisure Reading & Leisure Among Undergraduates as a Predictor of Their Academic Achievement
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2013-04-05) Baiden, Jonathan; Schendel, Tory L.
    The purpose of this study is to 1) explore the intrinsic values of leisure reading among undergraduates, 2) explore their intrinsic values toward leisure activities, and 3) explore how their leisure reading and leisure activities predict academic success. The research question addresses the following: Is there a correlation between educational attainment (GPA) among IUPUI undergraduates as reflected by their leisure reading and leisure activity satisfaction scores? It is hypothesized that students with high satisfaction scores in recreational reading or leisure activities or both predicts academic success as measured by their cumulative GPA via OneStart. A convenient survey sampling methodology was used to collect the data from students with a class standing of sophomore and higher. This research study is currently in data collection phase and preliminary analysis is expected in April. To our knowledge no study has investigated the relationship of leisure reading and leisure activities among IUPUI undergraduates as a predictor of academic success.