FINE APPLIED ARTS PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. AN ASSESSMENT OF FAMILY PLANNING COMMUNICATION APPROACHES IN NIGERIAN URBAN REPR...

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we cannot take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we cannot take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or as a benefit, but a fundamental human right (F. Wattleton, 2011:6). The term development has over the years evolved to mean different things to different individuals...Continue Reading »

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• 2. ULI IN MGBOKO-ODOBO FESTIVAL

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Uli has continued to influence artistic output of Igbo society and many contemporary Nigerian artist in general. The designs which have been made deliberately by most Igbo communities have communication meanings and functions such meanings and functions may vary from one community to another among whom the aesthetic values of uli designs are use...Continue Reading »

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• 3. THE CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF THE NIGERIA’S NOLLYWOOD INDUSTRY

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The Nigerian film industry, also known as “Nollywood,” produces about 50 movies per week, second only to India’s Bollywood and ahead of Hollywood. Although its revenues trail those of Bollywood or Hollywood at the global box office ($1.6 billion and $9.8 billion in 2012, respectively), officially Nollywood still generates, on a...Continue Reading »

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• 4. SYNTHESIZING INDIGENOUS MOTIFS AND IDEAS IN VIDEO ART: A STUDY OF ULI AND NSIBID...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study African art has been in contention with the growing challenges and influences imposed on it by western perspectives on modern art over the years. Among other factors, these challenges are sometimes associated with the ideal indigenous creative communication pattern and its adaptation to this burgeoning global art phenomenon without characterizing a ...Continue Reading »

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• 5. FREEBORN ODIBOH: THE MAN, SCHOLAR AND ARTIST

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The development of art history or the beginning of art documentation in Nigeria could be traced to the 1920s with Aina Onabolu book title: The story of Art. Although, the book was not art historical in the real sense. It was the first document in printed form; information on art. In the 1940s, the emergence of many newspaper and culture interest...Continue Reading »

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• 6. ACQUISITION AND UTILIZATION OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION MEANS OF REMEDIATING MORAL DECA...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Truthfulness and moral value are good qualities desirable in all human beings. These qualities make one’s life worth living although there is erosion of moral values due to materialistic greed. In Nigeria today, there is rapid moral decadence cutting across adults, youths and kids in all sectors of the society. Delinquent behaviours have d...Continue Reading »

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• 7. THE ART OF SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIAN MASQUERADES

  » ABSTRACT This project contains the art survey of south western Nigerian masquerades, focusing on Imole masquerades of Osooro kingdom in Ondo State. It is a common knowledge that the Yoruba of Nigeria are rich in cultural heritages, and are gifted in the use of their hands. With the great awareness of Ife, Oshogbo, Oyo art, there is still little or no awareness of the art of some minority ethnic gr...Continue Reading »

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• 8. THE GOAL OF SERIAL ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF SERIAL IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES

  » INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYOne would ask what motivated the researcher to embark on this research work. The answer is simple. The researcher developed keen interest in serials acquisition policy, procedure and management in academic libraries two important factors motivated the researcher to undertake this study first was the acquisition of serials and the inability of librarians to r...Continue Reading »

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• 9. EXAMINATION OF AN ADAPTATION OF WOVEN FABRIC ON BATIK FOR PERSONAL CLOTHING

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTIONBACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The textile world is very broad and everyone is dependent on it. Nearly every aspect of our lives uses some form of textile. Imagine what would have happened, if all textiles were removed from our environment. In the home, most furnishings are enhanced with textiles, even woven mosquito net on the windows and around our beds are textile pieces. In th...Continue Reading »

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• 10. AN INVESTIGATION OF ART TEACHING ON THE AFFECTIVE AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF S...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background to the Study The Child from birth to adolescence experiences some developmental changes which involves physical, intellectual, social and emotional growth. Although people change throughout their lives, developmental changes are especially dramatic in childhood. During this period, a dependent, vulnerable newborn grows into a capable young person who has mastered languag...Continue Reading »

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• 11. A FEASIBILITY REPORT ON LIQUID SOAP PRODUCTION

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION It is an established fact that Banking industry occupies a prominent position in the Nigeria economy today. The significance of banks stem from the fact that they are custodians of the most sought after commodity on earth. Which is money. Availability of financial capital is obviously a condition for the rapid development and transformation of any national economy. How...Continue Reading »

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• 12. FEASIBILITY REPORT ON BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION It is an established fact that Banking industry occupies a prominent position in the Nigeria economy today. The significance of banks stem from the fact that they are custodians of the most sought after commodity on earth. Which is money. Availability of financial capital is obviously a condition for the rapid development and transformation of any national economy. How...Continue Reading »

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• 13. THE ROLE OF COMPUTER ANIMATION IN ADVERTISING AND ITS IMPACT ON ONLINE ADVERTISI...

  » CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 1.1 COMPUTER ANIMATION This research project is basically to help undergraduates or even be handy for computer graphic programmers who want to learn and know more about the basis of computer animation programming and even go a step further to knowing it role in advertising because this research project gives some deep and explanatory as earlier stated. As discussed earlier ...Continue Reading »

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• 14. AN ANALYSIS ON THE ART FORMS ON OPOTO FESTIVAL IN ENUGWU – AGIDI

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND HISTORY OF ENUGWU AGIDI The Opoto festival belongs to an Igbo group in Southeastern Nigerian called Enugwu Agidi it is at the center of Awka and Onitsha in Anambra state. The people are known for farming because of their fertile land. Then also, they are known for timber trading because of the think rain forest that surrounds them. Enugu –Agidi has so...Continue Reading »

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• 15. A PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF UNIBEN ART COLLECTION FOR ART HISTORICAL REFEREN...

  » C H A P T E R O N EI N T R O D U C T I O N1 . 0 . B A C K G R O U N D T O T H E S T U D YI n A f r i c a g e n e r a l l y , t h e r e h a s b e e n a p r o b l e m o f i n s u f f i c i e n t d o c u m e n t a t i o n o f a r t a n d h i s t o r i c a l e v e n t s . H o w e v e r , t h e i n i t i a l m e t h o d o f s o u r c i n g f o r h i s t o r y w h i c h i s o r a l t r a d i t i o n i s...Continue Reading »

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• 16. CONSTRUCTION OF COLLAPSIBLE AND ADJUSTABLE MOBILE SOLAR PHOTOGRAPHY DARKROOM

  » C H A P T E R O N ES c r e e n p r i n t i n g i s o n e o f t h e f o u r b a s i c t e c h n i q u e i n p r i n t m a k i n g . P r i n t m a k i n g w a s a f o r m o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n u n t i l i t b e c a m e a n a r t f o r m . B e i n g o n e o f t h e b a s i c g r a p h i c m e a n s o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n , s c r e e n p r i n t i n g i s u s e d f o r v i s u a l i n t...Continue Reading »

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• 17. PERFORMANCE ART IN NIGERIA PROSPECTS AND LIMITATIONS

  » C H A P T E R O N EI N T R O D U C T I O NT h e h i s t o r y o f P e r f o r m a n c e A r t e s p e c i a l l y i n A f r i c a a n d N i g e r i a i s s t i l l s h r o u d e d f r o m p u b l i c e v e n t h o u g h i t i s b e l i e v e d t h a t b e f o r e t h e a d v e n t o f c o l o n i a l i s m i n A f r i c a , P e r f o r m a n c e a r t / l i v e a r t w a s a p o p u l a r a r t f ...Continue Reading »

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• 18. KAKAKI: THE AFRICAN VOICE AN OUT-DOOR SCULPTURE INTERPRETATION IN MIXED MEDIA CE...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The kakaki is a two to three meter royal trumpet utilized in traditional African music, It is referred to as a “kakaki” in Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, but called a “waza” in parts of Chad and Sudan, and a “malakat” in Ethiopia. The kakaki is blown only by men in Hausa societies and it is generally reserved for spe...Continue Reading »

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• 19. UNCONTROLLED BIRTHRATE AND OVERPOPULATION IN NIGERIA

  » C H A P T E R O N EI n t r o d u c t i o nU n c o n t r o l l e d f e r t i l i t y c a n b e d e f i n e d a s w h e n a n i n d i v i d u a l o r c o u p l e f a i l s t o p l a n t h e i r f u t u r e f a m i l y s i z e t o m a t c h t h e e c o n o m i c l e v e l o f t h e i r f a m i l y . I t c a n a l s o o c c u r w h e n y o u t h s ( w h e t h e r a d o l e s c e n t , t e e n a g e r ...Continue Reading »

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• 20. APPLICATION AND TECHNIQUES IN SMITHING PRACTICE- THE LAMP STAND AS AN OBJECT OF ...

  » C H A P T E R O N EI N T R O D U C T I O N1 . 1 B A C K G R O U N D O F T H E S T U D YA l a m p s t a n d i s a n e l e c t r i c a l d e v i c e u s e d i n c r e a t i n g a r t i f i c i a l l i g h t b y u s e o f a n e l e c t r i c a l l a m p . A l l l a m p s t a n d s h a v e a f i x t u r e b o d y a n d a l i g h t s o c k e t t o h o l d t h e l a m p a n d f o r i t s r e p l a c e m...Continue Reading »

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