Art Aesthetics Research Articles

Visual Characteristics of Sajarah Banten Manuscript Illustrations

Banten Sultanate was an Islamic kingdom in the western part of Java island, and one of important international port in the 15 th through 19 th century. There were different cultures interacted in Banten, such as from the European, Chinese, Indians, and merchant from Muslim-dominant areas such as Middle East. As a cosmopolitan, the illustrations of one of its historical manuscripts, Sajarah Banten KBG 183 would have distinct visual characteristics. This paper would try to find those characteristics by applying compositional analysis to observe their compositional, technological, and productional modalities. Later, semiotic method would be applied to scrutinize the signs used in the visualization of Sajarah Banten illustrations. The result showed that the illustrations characteristically used firm technical lines and minimalistic colors. The story characters were not drawn and only represented by objects alluding to their positions or activities. These visual characteristics were likely influenced by Islamic art aesthetics of aniconism and European technical drawings of 19 th century. Keywords: Banten, illustration, manuscript, visual characteristics. DOI: 10.7176/ADS/89-04 Publication date: January 31 st 2021

On political street art as expressions of citizen media in revolutionary Egypt

This article traces the intersecting and interstitial spaces of political aesthetics in political street art featuring key activists of the Egyptian uprising of 2011–13 as well as the following struggle. We argue that the complex political expressions displayed in the images as recontextualized and embodied afford the images different roles in citizens’ political and social struggles. We develop three modalities of political street art – emplacement, travelling and conversation – that allow different works different roles in the political formation of subjectivity. In order to understand street art’s role in political subjectivity formation, this article applies visual discursive analyses to two expressions of political street art: first, the stencil of a blue bra, referring to sitt al-banat, a woman who was stripped naked in public as she was beaten unconscious by Egyptian military soldiers; second, the mural of then jailed activist Sanaa Seif in the Copenhagen borough of Christiania.

Karlo Zvirynskyi and his «Underground Academy»: Reflections of Cultural Memory

Karlo Zvirynskyi (1923-1997) was an outstanding personality and great artist. His influence on the Lviv cultural environment in the 1960s–1990s was indisputable. Zvirynskyi was a quiet man rooted in his own research fields, but the awareness of his actions formed a strong environment in the aesthetics of the European art and ethical norms of Christianity. The artist's undiverted view on European culture was related to the understanding of processes that cannot be guided ideologically, as well as the realization that culture exists in continuity, and reflects aesthetical and ethical forms of human activity. His search for a European cultural tradition and the reprobation of foundations of socialist realism played an important role in the formation of his “underground academy”. Zvirynskyi’s primary goal was the education of creative young people as citizens, whose consciousness would enable them to remain artists in defiance of the enticing society. The circle of his students embraced Zinoviy Flinta, Andriy Bokotey, Oleh Minko, Liubomyr Medvid, Roman Petruk, Ivan Marchuk and Bohdan Soyka. Our task, for now, is not to embalm the legacy of his “underground academy”, but create the cultural space, where intellectual reflections can take place. Karlo Zvirynskyi understood his stand in life as “I look at life through the prism of a book” and his artistic position as “all my painting is a prayer”. Attitude to his own life as a part of a holistic cultural flow has formed his worldview. The cultural memory of generations that accumulates “modernity” played for the artist a territory of freedom, which has always been a criterion of human nature for Zvirynskyi. Realizing that memory about Karlo Zvirynskyi is a kind of tuning fork for the moral health of the nation, this article is an attempt to bring knowledge about the master from the chamber community, which resembles the mechanisms of catacomb culture, in a wider and more open space that will use his name as part of the national cultural landscape.

Application of Aesthetic Art and Culture in Interior Design

With the improvement of people's living standard, the living environment needs to be more livable and comfortable. This paper analyzes the importance of aesthetic art and culture in interior design and discusses the application of aesthetic art and culture in interior design.

Dylan Thomas’s “In Country Sleep”: His Paradoxical Sensibility

In “In Country Sleep”, Dylan Thomas offers the Yeatsian paradoxical sensibility, the process of magnanimous impersonal art as salvation to the tumultuous Auden who condescends to the mortal levelling charges of conspiracy, war mongering, tilting and toppling against him as his performance as an artist of Yeatsian pagan altruistic art songs has undone his success, popularity and appeal among the contemporary poets. Auden, despite the loss of his grandeur, continues with the Eliotian metaphysical process of aesthetic amoral art song that has made him great in the early phase. The time-conscious political poets of the thirties, while heading towards the romantic ideals of their early phase, mounts up their rage against Thomas for his deviation in the later art songs from his early poems of pity. The young Movement poets commend Auden’s early poem for the parable of pure poetry and aesthetic success and defends his avenging move against Thomas. The introductory poem implies that it is Thomas’s introspective process of individuation and integration, coherence and co-existence, his paradoxical sensibility, his tragi-comic vision of Grecian altruistic art song that guards his sober and benign functioning as an ardent emulator of the pagan altruistic tradition of Hardy, Yeats, Houseman and Blake, as a poet of reconciliation, harmonization and cosmopolitan culture analogous to his functioning in the early poem 18 Poems.

The Aesthetic Death Drive of Modernism

This essay argues not only that Wilhelm Worringer’s concept of the urge to abstraction from his work of art history Abstraction and Empathy (1908) prefigures Sigmund Freud’s notion of the death drive in Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920) but also that Worringer’s aesthetics of nonrepresentational art solves in advance some key problems that Freud had in accounting for the modernism of his day. Though Worringer and Freud did not appear to ever engage with each other, their two central concepts share a high degree of compatibility, and it is possible to think of Worringer’s urge to abstraction as an aesthetic death drive. But because Freud argues that art is fundamentally pleasurable and rooted in mimetic representation, his own aesthetics remains insistently Aristotelian. By rejecting an Aristotelian paradigm, Worringer provides a modernist aesthetic theory of the death drive that Freud himself was never able to envision.

Research on environment optimization system of mining operation area based on modern open-pit mine geological structure

After studying a large number of mining and excavation sites, the author of this article sampled and analysed the geological structure of the collection area. By comparing the soil geological structure, the degree of environmental damage caused by the excavation process was studied, and a variety of open-pit mine geological structures were analysed and studied. After analysing the relevant data, a modern open-pit mine geological structure of the mining operation area environment optimization system was established. This system can integrate the existing resources of the mine based on the analysis and restoration of ecological vegetation and enter the corresponding parameters., Can design a 3D landscape planning mottled corridor matrix spatial pattern model, combined with the current situation of abandoned land in mining and can be combined with corresponding landscape design strategies (such as artistic aesthetics), the system has the design points of modern engineering technology, in the beautification of the environment Utilizing the existing geological conditions to optimize the environment of the mining operation area has an important auxiliary role.

Research on the Application of "Simple Aesthetics" Design Concept in Contemporary Interior Design under the Background of Eastern and Western Culture

By analyzing the philosophical thoughts of "Great Truths Are All Simple" of Eastern Taoism and the design philosophy of "Less is More" born of Western modernism, the design concept of "simple aesthetics" was proposed.And from the five aspects of form, color, material, detail, attitude, and combing the application of the "simple aesthetics" design concept in the interior design under the fusion of Eastern and Western cultural backgrounds, it is concluded that the "simple aesthetics" design concept meets the needs of the times and artistic aesthetics, the positive meaning of the human spirit.

À espera do contra-campo: subsídios para uma leitura de uma nova História da Fotografia

Leitura de uma abordagem "informal" da(s) técnica(s) e estética(s) da arte fotográfica, do Paleolítico à modernidade. Neste texto viajamos com e contra imagens que o autor evoca como representativas de movimentos e momentos-chave da evolução de uma ideia de fotografia, sem que delas se percam a beleza e o mistério.

What we see in a photograph: content selection for image captioning

We propose and experimentally investigate the usefulness of several features for selecting image content (objects) suitable for image captioning. The approach taken explores three broad categories of features, namely geometric, conceptual, and visual. Experiments suggest that widely known geometric ‘rules’ in art–aesthetics or photography (such as the golden ratio or the rule-of-thirds) and facts about the human visual system (such as its wider horizontal angle than its vertical) provide no useful information for the task. Human captioners seem to prefer large, elongated (but not in the golden ratio) objects, positioned near the image center, irrespective of orientation. Conceptually, the preferred objects are either too specific or too general, and animate things are almost always mentioned; furthermore, some evidence is found for selecting diverse objects in order to achieve maximal image coverage in captions. Visual object features such as saliency, depth, edges, entropy, and contrast, are all found to provide useful information. Beyond evaluating features in isolation, we investigate how well these are combined by performing feature and feature-category ablation studies, leading to an effective set of features which can be proven useful for operational systems. Moreover, we propose alternative ways for feature engineering and evaluation, dealing with the drawbacks of the evaluation methodology proposed in past literature.

Disappearing acts: fictitious capital, aesthetic atheism, and the artworld

ABSTRACT This article argues that as the market for art rises to prominence both economically and conceptually, the artwork becomes a form of ‘fictitious capital’ that threatens the ontological status of the object and forces reconsideration of the role of the museum. These issues are examined through the lens of empirical market data, contemporary art, and analytic aesthetics. David Carrier’s conception of ‘aesthetic atheism’ is tested against the background of both recent developments in the art market and creative strategies that stage the disappearance of the artwork. It is argued that the proliferation of spectacular auctions, art fairs, and information about sales prices results in a new object of appreciation: the market itself. The result is that the market is ‘aestheticized’ and constituted as a unique sphere of social goods in which the values traditionally associated with art are displaced.

La experiencia del asombro: una aproximación expansiva a la estética cotidiana

A diferencia de Melchionne (2013) y Naukkarinen (2013), abogo por una definición expansiva de la estética cotidiana que, además de las experiencias más comunes y cotidianas, incluya los festivales, el turismo y un sinnúmero de actividades llevadas a cabo diariamente por artistas y profesionales de diversas áreas. Establezco continuidades entre las estéticas de la vida diaria, del arte y de la naturaleza. Por ejemplo, el acto de mirar a través de una ventana puede involucrar aspectos de las tres estéticas. Aunque coincido con Melchionne (2013) en que la estética cotidiana está muy ligada a las preguntas por la búsqueda del bienestar subjetivo, asumo una aproximación más expansiva basada en estudios sicológicos recientes sobre la experiencia del asombro; ello con el fin de enfatizar la importancia de esa experiencia en tal búsqueda, vinculando así, los aspectos más sobresalientes de la estética cotidiana, la estética del arte y la estética de la naturaleza.

ЎЗБЕК ВА ФРАНЦУЗ АДАБИЁТШУНОСЛИГИДА ПОРТРЕТНАВИСЛИК ТАРАҚҚИЁТИ

Studying the literary work of writer and critic in close contact with his personality is one of the positive principles identified in literary criticism in recent years. Studying life, dream, character, interests and the artist’s youth is the key to revealing the secrets of craftsmanship and artistic aesthetics in his works. The genre of a literary portrait, which acts as an object of research, can fully reproduce this task, and its main goal is to recreate the image of the creator on the basis of his personal life, his own world, creativity and biography.

Lolita and Butterfly Aesthetics

Vladimir Nabokov, best known as the author of Lolita , was also recognized as a scientist excelling in the field of lepidoptera. As a literary figure, Nabokov has long been acclaimed as a metaphysical seeker, a composer of esoteric riddles, and a virtuoso of postmodern literary techniques. However, his reputation as a lauded entomologist has only drawn underestimated literary attention in the interpretation of Lolita , the novel in concern. This paper contends that a consideration of the interplay between Nabokov’s scientific spirit and artistic aesthetics will contribute to the understanding of this long-debatable novel. The paper attempts to provide a unique perspective by addressing the influence of his butterfly aesthetics on the fiction, which exhibits itself through three identifiable and distinct aspects of mimicry, respectively mimicry of butterflies, deceptive camouflage, and metamorphosis. This effort intends to add to the current literature of Nabokov study regarding a balanced view of the author’s scientific spirit and literary aesthetics in the interpretation of his established literary classics.

Artistic Aesthetics and Cultural Inheritance of Gannan Tea-picking Dance

Artistic Aesthetics and Cultural Inheritance of Gannan Tea-picking Dance

Built as Rain. Film Analysis of Unbuildable Architectural Speculations – a Case Study of „Instant City” (dir. Peter Cook and Ron Herron, 1968) and „The Zero Theorem” (dir. Terry Gilliam, 2013)

The introduction of time-based media into the design stage opened up a new understanding of architectural and represented space as a dematerialized, dynamic, and user-dependent concept. Unbuildable architectural projects always relied on specific techniques and media. Their radical nature usually channelled innovative artistic currents and visualization tools, like collage and pop art aesthetics in the works of Archigram. Cinema is yet another ground for such deliberations. With Instant City (Archigram’s Peter Cook and Ron Herron) and The Zero Theorem (Terry Gilliam) the problem of dematerialization is being channelled by architectural/spatial proposals that involve a range of literary tropes, cultural texts, and filmic intertexts, in order to create a rich embroidery of references that forward a new look upon architectural production as a practice of creating protocols for dynamic and all the more elusive imagery. This article’s central objective lies in the task of reframing a discussion on iconicity, media facades, and mutative building skins, so as to include modes of cinematic portrayal that are not just contents of architectural “messages”, but also their “media”.

Kilisli Divan Şairlerinin Şiirlerinde Tarihin İzleri

Harflerin rakamsal karşılıkları yani ebced hesabı ile tarih düşürme geleneği, önemli bir olayı tarihe kaydetmek amacıyla Arap, Fars ve Türk edebiyatlarında sıklıkla kullanılan bir gelenektir. Belâgat kitaplarında her ne kadar bedi‘ sanatlar arasında sayılsa da tarih düşürme aslında beceri ve hüner gerektiren teknik bir olaydır. Şairler, tarih düşürmeyi şairliğin bir gereği olarak görmüşler, sanatlarını, hünerlerini ve ustalıklarını gösterebilmek için bu gelenekten faydalanmışlardır. Sanatlarını ve ustalıklarını gösterirken de içinde bulundukları topluma dair önemli gördükleri olayları bu gelenek vasıtası ile tarihe not olarak düşmüşlerdir. Fakrî Dede, Hâkî, Kâ’il, Rûhî, Mehmed Emin Vahid Paşa, Celal Paşa, Zihnî, Bekir Vahîd Efendi, Lütfullah Hâzım, Hâmî, Şeyh Abdullah Sermest gibi şairler yetiştirmiş olan Kilis, Osmanlı coğrafyasının önemli kültür merkezlerinden biri olmuştur. Çalışmamızda Kilis’te yetişen şairlerden Ebubekir Vahid Efendi, Hâmî, Lutfullah Hâzım ve Zihnî’nin divan ya da divançelerinde yer alan tarih manzumeleri esas alınacaktır. Bu tarih manzumeleri muhtevalarına göre vefat yahut velâdet hakkında düşürülen tarihler, inşa yahut tecdid hakkında düşürülen tarihler, doğal afetler hakkında düşürülen tarihler, zafer münasebetiyle düşürülen tarihler, padişahın tahta geçişi münasebetiyle düşürülen tarihler ve diğer konular hakkında düşürülen tarihler şeklinde tasnif edilerek çeşitli yönleriyle açıklanmaya çalışılacaktır.

جماليات فن الماندالا کاتجاه ابتکار وإبداع بتجميل وحدات الأثاث ومکملات الزينة ودمجها بفراغات المسکن

يتم تجميل المسکن بإضافة لمسات فنية تضفي على غرف المسکن طابعا مميزا يعبر عن شخصيات أصحابه, بغض النظر عن مستوى الأثاث أو نوع الطراز للمنزل فلابد من إضافة اللمسات الفنية الجميلة التي تجعل من المسکن لوحة فنية يستمتع الفرد بداخلها, وفن الماندالا يساهم في إضافة اللمسات الفنية الإبداعية في التصميم الداخلي للمسکن. يتبع البحث المنهج الوصفي التحليلي کما يتبع المنهج التجريبي، ومن أهم نتائج البحث: 1- ساعد فن الماندالا عملية الابتکار والإبداع التصميمية لدى المصمم الداخلي لکونه احد الفنون العالمية الجميلة. 2- من خلال التطبيق التجريبي حقق فن الماندالا التناغم التصميمي والجمالي بين وحدات الأثاث ومکملات الزينة وفراغات المسکن وإبراز القيم الجمالية والتشکيلية المبتکرة في التصميم. ومن أهم توصيات البحث: 1- ضرورة التوسع في الدراسات العلمية والبحثية التي من شأنها التعرف على الأنماط المختلفة لفن الماندالا والتي تحقق نجاح في الجانب الوظيفي والجمالي في التصميم الداخلي للمسکن المعاصر. 2- ضرورة تثقيف طالبات کلية التصاميم بجماليات فن الماندالا حيث يستطيع استخدامها في جميع التخصصات والمجالات. Aesthetics of mandala art as a trend of innovation and creativity by beautifying furniture units and decorative accessories and merging them with the spaces of the home Research Summary The housing would be beautified by adding artistic touches that would give a distinctive character in rooms which would express the personalities of the owners, regardless of the level of furniture or the type of style for the house, it must add appealing artistic touches that would make the house an artistic painting which would make the individual enjoy the interior view, as Mandala’s art contributes to adding a creative interior touch. The internal procedure of the housing research, follows the descriptive analytical method as well as the experimental approach, the most important results of the research as follows: 1-Mandala art helped the process of innovation and creativity design for the interior designer, as it is one of the beautiful international arts. 2-Through experimental applications, the art of Mandala has achieved the design and aesthetic harmony between furniture units, decorative accessories and housing spaces, highlighting the innovative aesthetic and plastic values in design. recommendations of the research: 1- The necessity of expanding scientific and research studies that will identify the different styles of Mandala art, which achieves success in the functional and aesthetic aspect of the interior design of contemporary housing. 2- The necessity of educating students of the College of Design with the aesthetics of Mandala art, as it can be used in all mojors and fields.

Research on Computer Graphics Image Design Based on Visual Communication

Creativity and aesthetics are the focus of visual communication design. When communicating information and human-computer interaction, it is necessary to pay attention to the presentation of artistic aesthetics, so as to bring people a more comfortable and pleasant experience and a more reasonable interactive operation experience. With the support of current scientific and technological forces, more and more visual communication works have begun to use a large number of computer application technologies, which can use advanced pictures, video editors, or UI design and other front-end interface optimization technologies to magnify the role of various visual elements. This essay discusses its specific application methods.

Exploration on the application of 3D printing and dyeing patterns in modern clothing visual communication design

3D printing and dyeing is a widely used pattern processing mode in the new era, which can adapt to the design requirements of visual communication and effectively enhance the aesthetic art taste and fashion of modern clothing. Based on the status quo, firstly, the characteristics of digital printing and dyeing technology are discussed. Secondly, the choice of the visual design of modern clothing is discussed. Finally, the application of 3D printing and dyeing patterns in the visual communication design of modern clothing is expounded. It can effectively improve the overall application level of visual communication design and lay a solid foundation for the progress and development of the fashion design industry.