Essays about: "primitivism"

Found 3 essays containing the word primitivism.

  1. 1. The End of the World? Representations of Scandinavia in Nineteenth-Century Scottish Travel Literature

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Carlotta Ohlemann; [2020]
    Keywords : Scandinavia; Scotland; travel literature; Georgian Era; postcolonialism; borealism; Scottish national identity; Great Britain; British Union; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This dissertation analyses the representations of Norway, Denmark and Sweden in Scottish travel literature towards the end of the Georgian Era. By comparing two travel accounts, I aim to identify both the authors’ approach to the Nordic countries as well as their reflections on their own national identity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Corkodiles : Challenging body standards by exploring techniques of cutting and assembling primitive materials, which are mainly derivatives of wood, in order to rethink the visual expression of the body.

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Vika Im; [2016]
    Keywords : Art; Design; Sculpture; Creature; Body standards; Metareaction; Material properties; Worth; Primitivism; Sustainable Development;

    Abstract : The motive of this work is to illustrate and visualize the socio-political objectification of the female body, in order to suggest explanations as to how female body standards are derived as a result of this objectification. The objective was obtained by exploring cut and assembling designs with powerful visual expressions, with sustainability as a point of emphasis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Negrophilia : en postkolonial visuell studie kring en subkulturs polariserade syn på den Andra utifrån ett genusperspektiv

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Miriam Tennenbaum; [2015]
    Keywords : Keywords: negrophilia; subculture; polarity; hybrid; Paris; 1920s; Josephine Baker; Paul Colin; sexuality; erotic capital; fetischism; primitivism; stereotype; caricature; art; poster; postcolonialism; gender; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the different views on the phenomenon ”negrophilia” that existed in Paris in the 1920s. It's precise meaning is ”love for the black culture” and the art illustrations analysed are originated by the french artist Paul Colin. READ MORE