Essays about: "ugliness"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the word ugliness.

  1. 6. Attraction, Aesthetics and Advertising. An Interdisciplinary Look at the Presentation of "Ugly Models".

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

    Author : Marina Buller; [2014]
    Keywords : Ugly Models; Karl Rosenkranz; caricature; grotesque; advertising; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : To attract and to appeal to their consumers, designs and concepts of advertisements continually have to be changed in an industry that is saturated with similar campaigns. In this thesis, I analyse how this change is created through the depiction of “ugly models”. READ MORE

  3. 7. The death of the body

    University essay from Keramik & Glas

    Author : Maria Juchnowska; [2011]
    Keywords : death; the body in art; döden; kroppen i konsten;

    Abstract : The leading idea of my Master project is based on my private experiences which have become an inspiration for making an artistic project and writing my master thesis.“I want to make my art personal but not private” is my main statement in creating my works. READ MORE

  4. 8. Control Me as I Control You

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Textilhögskolan

    Author : JENNIE SILJEDAHL; [2010]
    Keywords : control;

    Abstract : It started with an illustration and a painting. Similarities between themthat made me think of beauty and ugliness. I´ve questioned the subjectfrom a subjective point of view. Through materials, colours and constructionmethods I´ve reached an expression that is a balance between theugly and the beautiful, the crazy and the controlled. READ MORE

  5. 9. The beauty of nothingness

    University essay from Ädellab/Metallformgivning

    Author : Nicolas Cheng; [2010]
    Keywords : Kant; Burke; sublime; apollonian; dionysian; standard society; beauty; ugliness; purification; absence beauty; nothingness;

    Abstract : If I relate beauty to nothingness, what happens? Is nothingness sort of an absence of beauty? Or it is portrayed by our culture and society, and, in such case, can I define this absence of beauty? Is it beauty that you cannot even catch? Is its appearance neutral, almost hidden? When we are born, we all have the same degree of beauty and purity, which is progressively lost as long as we start growing up. In a life span, we accumulate wrinkles, and defects and dirt which needs to be concealed in order to fit in certain social categories. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Construction and Re-construction of Female Beauty in The Mill on the Floss 

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Medina Becirovic; [2009]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The essay investigates the construction and reconstruction of feminine beauty in Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss where the heroine Maggie functions as a way of illustrating both beauty and ugliness. Maggie’s “unrefined” appearance as well as her beauty is furthermore highlighted through a strong comparison with other characters, which also is a significant aspect in the essay. READ MORE