Essays about: "aesthetic worlds"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words aesthetic worlds.

  1. 6. "A Morbid Longing for the Picturesque" : The Pursuit of Beauty in Donna Tartt's The Secret History

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2021]
    Keywords : beauty; destruction; Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy; Donna Tartt; The Secret History; The Birth of Tragedy; Nietzsche;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the theme of the pursuit of beauty in The Secret History. It analyzes the main characters’ concept of beauty, their manner of seeking beauty, as well as the result of this search. READ MORE

  3. 7. Transreality

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Emmelina Gateman; [2020]
    Keywords : virtual; representation; video game design; low poly; image fabrication; displacement; worldbuilding;

    Abstract : How can we as architects interact with external practices, such as video games? Are there relevant aspects to be found, and what are the ways in which they could be approached? This project grounds itself in three different personal interests; architecture, digital design tools and video games, or more specifically: ”What kind of architectural expressions and spaces could be created if we design in the borderland between the real and the virtual game?” This is an experimental project that approaches a few aspects of video game design, as well as potential qualities of virtual worlds. It concerns itself with image based digital massing, level design as basis for program or composition on site, as well as being on the border between the real and the virtual. READ MORE

  4. 8. Att iscensätta naturupplevelser : ett utforskande gestaltningsarbete om människors relation till natur

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : My Nordström; Karolin Hård; [2020]
    Keywords : naturupplevelse; friluftsliv; konstnärlig gestaltning; tillfällig landskapsarkitektur; immersiva upplevelser; immersion; dramaturgi;

    Abstract : Samhällets dualistiska attityd skiljer ofta människa från djur, stad från natur, stadsliv från naturliv, vilket gör att relationerna mellan människan och naturen är bristande. Världsbilden och värderingarna bygger bland annat på den naturkontakt som erbjuds i vardagslivet samt hur naturen kommuniceras. READ MORE

  5. 9. Atëphobia: On Lovecraft, Deleuze and the limits of affectual geography

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Carl Olsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Affect; Deleuze; Lovecraft; Non-representational theory; Aesthetics; Literary geography; Experimental writing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the past two decades non-representational and affectual geographers have cited the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze to the point of exhaustion. In this thesis I read Deleuze’s interpretation of Spinoza through the weird tales written by the American horror author H. P. READ MORE

  6. 10. Du Er Hvad Du Drikker - et antropologisk perspektiv på kaffe-konsumption i Danmark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Maria Hald Hansen; [2016]
    Keywords : social anthropology; coffee; identity; consumption; gender; habitus; aesthetic worlds; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study investigates the coffee culture in Denmark. By trying to answer this question: How do people use coffee to express, create and maintain identity? To examine this problem, different methods where included. READ MORE