Essays about: "Konstvetenskap"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Konstvetenskap.

  1. 1. Drop Dead Gorg(on)eous : A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary Medusa Tattoo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Edling; [2024]
    Keywords : Art history; Medusa; Medusa tattoo; tattoos; TikTok; multimodality; écriture féminine; postfeminism; Konstvetenskap; Medusa; Medusatatuering; tatueringar; TikTok; multimodalitet; écriture féminine; postfeminism;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the contemporary ‘Medusa tattoo’ that gained traction on the social media platform TikTok in 2019 as a symbol of sexual assault survival, and which has since come to function as an instrument for digital feminist activism. The study aspires to provide a new, previously unexplored link to the long chain of academic research on the figure of Medusa by looking at the emergence, function, and potential of the Medusa tattoo. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Game Of Nudity on Instagram: Four case studies about art and censorship

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sabine Svensson; [2023]
    Keywords : Agency; actor-network theory; art history; censorship; feminist studies; Instagram; the male gaze; nudity; pornography; Agens; aktör-nätverksteori; konstvetenskap; censur; feministiska studier; Instagram; den manliga blicken; nakenhet; pornografi;

    Abstract : The aim for this essay is, along with the four included case studies, is to examine the social media platform, Instagram's strict guidelines when it comes to showing nudity.  On the platform there is a certain double standard, artists as well as art institutions are censored, that is, they get pictures removed or their accounts blocked when they try to show works that have nudity depicted, but at the same time nudity exists on the platform, this essay wants to highlight the double standard by setting the example that images from accounts of celebrities, which show as much nudity as a work of art, if not more, are allowed to be available on the social platform. READ MORE

  4. 3. Virtuous Women; Flower Iconography in Female Portraits During the Seventeenth Century

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Sally Granbacka; [2022]
    Keywords : art history; konstvetenskap; porträttkonst; gender; portraiture; flower iconography;

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  5. 4. Creating Urbanity – Destroying Cultures : Relationships Between Public and Private in Kathputli Colony, New Delhi

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Konstvetenskap

    Author : Tove Hansson Grönroos; [2017]
    Keywords : Informal; slum; public; urban; architecture; open; closed; private; modernism; high-rise;

    Abstract : Through the story of Kathputli Colony, thiss essay; Creating Urbanity – Destroying Cultures, Relationships Between Public and Private in Kathputli Colony, New Delhi, India, discusses various degrees of public and private in urban architecture. It compares the architecture of the former Kathputli Colony with the new architecture proposed for the site. READ MORE

  6. 5. Vilka uttryck inom modeannonsering har varit vanligt förekommande inom grafisk formgivning och fotografi?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Sanna Lundberg; Sara Norman; [2012]
    Keywords : Grafisk formgivning; fotografi; modeannonser; uttryck; bildelement; Nordiska Kompaniet NK ;

    Abstract : Denna kandidatuppsats syftar till att kartlägga de vanligast förekommande uttrycken inom grafisk formgivning och fotografi. Inom konstvetenskap är denna typ av kartläggning utbredd, medan det inom grafisk formgivning och fotografi är mindre självklart. READ MORE