Ella Major
Ella is researching the way color acts as a language in fine art, and thus how art acts as a form of translation and intercultural communication.
PhD Candidate in Literary Translation Studies
School of Languages and Cultures
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Spanish, 2022 (Victoria University of Wellington)
Master of Intercultural Communication and Applied Translation, 2023 (Victoria University of Wellington)
Profile
Ella is a PhD candidate in Literary Translation Studies, researching how artists use their artworks as a form of translation between themselves and the people that view their work. Her thesis is focused on how the artists and political groups behind the propaganda posters of the Spanish Civil War used color as a way to communicate with their audiences, translating thoughts and experiences into a visual space that the audience then translates for themselves.
This project includes a chapter on scientific and artistic color theory, as well as a chapter explaining practical applications of translation theories to analysis of visual art, the uses of which will be put on display in the two main case studies; one on Republican Spanish Civil War posters, and one on Nationalist. The project will be further supplemented with a third case study that showcases other applications of this theory.
Supervisors
Professor
School of Languages and Cultures
