Concept Of Beauty Research Articles

Mitos Kecantikan Tubuh Wanita Pada Kakawin Smara Tantra

The concept of beauty attached to a woman's body does not only occur in the real world but also in literary works. Beauty myths form interpretations to women in the analyzed Smara Tantra kakawin. Beauty myths intimidate women in such a systematic and organized way. As long as women think that being beautiful according to the representation of society's glasses is an absolute necessity. Kakawin Smara Tantra, which is quite famous among Balinese people, only sees from the point of view of men the beautiful construction of women. Beauty myths created in kakawin Smara Tantra have shackled women so that women no longer respect themselves and only focus on physical form. Although the true beauty of women is not only radiated from the physical but must be balanced with beauty that comes from within (inner beauty).

“I had grown wild”: A Critical Reading of Yeats’s Journey towards His ‘Final Mood’

W. B. Yeats had a long poetic career which is marked by three different moods expressed through his poetry. His journey towards the ‘final mood’ has passed through the early years of escapism, romanticism and a trace of pre-Raphaelite influence. Yeats began as a late romantic with his bent towards Irish tradition and folklore. But he soon moved from the dreamland of fairy tales and reached a world of life and reality. With the influence of French symbolism, his conception of beauty and poetry evolved further. The nostalgic yearning for the good, old days landed the poet in a mood of despondency and pensive thoughts. Yeats’s frustrating experience with Maud Gonne and his disillusionment with the prevailing Irish customs led him towards self-introspection. Naturally, his choice of themes became more realistic. The spectacle of war in both Ireland and Europe presented before Yeats a broad canvas of violence and destruction which reflected in his philosophical overtones and mastered imagery throughout his poems especially of the Middle Era. Like a true tragic hero, Yeats’s journey is from darkness to light and from suffering to the joy hidden in its bosom. The painting of gross destruction is left behind and the poetic theme became the gaiety of the sages. Yeats discovered significant meaning of life even through its trivial happenings. He unleashed the beautiful and lofty through individual experiences which are of real value. In his Last Poems the poet’s deeper understanding of human nature elevates him to a person with a rare kind of vision. The poetic joy of this visionary poet is more pronounced than then tone of despondency, desolation and loneliness expressed in his early poems.

Laozi’s Aesthetic Education Philosophy on Self-Education

The article deduces the concept of self-education that had been advocated by Laozi, the founder of Taoism, in his philosophy on aesthetic education. From the perspective of his philosophical thoughts, this article analyzes the inspiration and inheritance of “aesthetic” in the Chinese traditional culture based on the concept of self-education, discusses the similarities between the concept of self-education and beauty, as well as explores the internal relationship between self-education and aesthetic feeling so that the enlightenment and value of the concept of self-education in aesthetic education can be reflected and learnt.

On the spontaneous beauty of cities: neither design nor chaos

A clear bridge connecting the theory of spontaneous order and the issue of beauty in and for cities has not yet been developed. After a general exploration of the concept of beauty, this article builds an alternative idea of beauty, namely, beauty as spontaneity. In particular, it argues that beauty in the urban realm greatly depends on forms and orders that can hardly be comprehensively designed but rather emerge as the result of the freedom granted to multiple urban agents to express themselves in space. In this article the works of Jacobs and Romano are analysed and explored. Starting from some of their main ideas, the paper suggests certain planning and design tactics to nurture this kind of beauty and provides some essential ethical principles.

“I'm getting too old for this stuff”: The conceptual structure of tattoo aesthetics

While body modifications have increasingly gained acceptance and popularity, how different subpopulations aesthetically appreciate tattoos remains unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the conceptual structure underlying tattoo aesthetics, focusing on the effects of internalized social norms and expertise. Using a timed free-listing task, three groups (≤49 years, ≥50 years, and experts) comprising 497 participants were asked to write down adjectives that could describe tattoo aesthetics. Statistical analyses of frequency, cognitive salience indices, co-occurrence dimensions, semantic dimensions, similarity measures, and valences were applied and, to directly compare the three groups, a generalized Procrustes analysis was applied. The variance and complexity with which individuals verbally expressed their perceived aesthetic appeal of tattoos were highlighted. However, the results do not reveal a unified concept of beauty, nor do they present a clear bipolar dimension of beautiful/ugly for two of the three groups. Nevertheless, the concept of beauty was found to be prominent in tattoo aesthetics, and aesthetic and descriptive–evaluative dimensions were identified, with terms such as beautiful, ugly, multicolored, and interesting being the most notable adjectives, although not with the highest valence. Possible factors explaining the intracultural differences between the three groups are also discussed.

Designing for Curves

Designing for Curves

Beauty and Wellness in the Semantic Memory of the Beholder.

Beauty and wellness are terms used often in common parlance, however their meaning and relation to each other is unclear. To probe their meaning, we applied network science methods to estimate and compare the semantic networks associated with beauty and wellness in different age generation cohorts (Generation Z, Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers) and in women and men. These mappings were achieved by estimating group-based semantic networks from free association responses to a list of 47 words, either related to Beauty, Wellness, or Beauty + Wellness. Beauty was consistently related to Elegance, Feminine, Gorgeous, Lovely, Sexy, and Stylish. Wellness was consistently related Aerobics, Fitness, Health, Holistic, Lifestyle, Medical, Nutrition, and Thrive. In addition, older cohorts had semantic networks that were less connected and more segregated from each other. Finally, we found that women compared to men had more segregated and organized concepts of Beauty and Wellness. In contemporary societies that are pre-occupied by the pursuit of beauty and a healthy lifestyle, our findings shed novel light on how people think about beauty and wellness and how they are related across different age generations and by sex.

The Concept of Esthetics and Beauty in Islam as one of the components of Islamic art

The concept of beauty (jamaal) is considered the intellectual foundation upon which many artistic achievements are built. This study aims to address the concept of beauty in Islam through three sources: the Noble Quran, the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, and the opinions of early Muslim thinkers. A systematic literature review was conducted to collect data, and an analysis was performed to examine the topic of this study. Among the most important results is that the concept of beauty in Islam is divided into two parts: moral beauty and formal beauty. In Islamic vision, the former is more important than the latter. A consensus has also been reached among the Quran, the Prophet’s teachings, and the opinions of Muslim thinkers regarding this interpretation.

THE IMPACT OF BLACK FEMALE INFLUENCERS ON TRANSNATIONAL KOREAN BEAUTY: A CASE STUDY OF TWO BLACK BEAUTY VLOGGERS

The trend of Korean beauty has started to gain attention from international countries as the phenomenon of Korean wave a.k.a. hallyu has spread globally. The concept of Korean beauty itself is known to be highly associated with having fair skin. Nevertheless, the popularity of Korean skin care products and cosmetics has drawn not only fair skin women, but also women with dark skin. Although their dark skin colour does not fit the concept of K-beauty, they devotedly follow the trend. Two of them are YouTube black female influencers, Darcei Amanda and Kennie JD, who like to create contents related to Korean beauty. Their contents on Korean make up look and fashion style has influenced Korean beauty industry to become aware of the demand and needs of dark-skinned women. Some scholars have addressed the influence of hallyu on cultural hybrization. Woongjae Ryo (2009) Korean wave is an indication of the new global and local transformation. Agustina and Lukman (2017) mainly discusses the hybrid cultures developed by Indonesian beauty vloggers who persistently use halal-certified Indonesian cosmetics to acquire the Korean look. Jin and Yoon (2016) social media platforms and fans' interactions have increased the spread of Korean wave. beauty influencers, Charlotte (2017) discovered about the influence of beauty vloggers on consumer-buying intention. Hence, this paper aims at exploring how these female vloggers use their platform to give impact on the phenomenon of Korean beauty. The research findings revealed that these black beauty vloggers managed to influence the Korean beauty industry to be more inclusive.KEYWORDS: Korean beauty, local concept, inclusivity, black influencer, YouTube

A Reconsideration on the Theory of Beauty: Previous Views and a New Approach Following Maslow's Theory (Part II)

This paper is the second part of a work that aims to rethink the concept of beauty as close as possible to its essence and in a way that integrates the science of aesthetics with the field of construction. Within other theoretical and practical works, this study may be further used to physically reflect the definition of beauty in areas such as architecture, civil engineering or urban planning and support professionals in designing and building beautiful objects and constructions. However, it has to be added that the assumption that there must be a particular original aspect related to beauty that leads a human-made object to success, needs to be further identified. The approach to the concept of beauty is through a general philosophical perspective and partially through the areas mentioned above.The second part of the study includes the synthesised guidance provided by Monroe Beardsley through the theories on beauty from the nineteenth century until today. In addition, it comprises the scheme of concepts that characterised the beautiful in this time, including the lines that guided its study, previous ideas that support our later views on presented theory, and a brief exposition of Maslow's theory of human motivation followed by our theory on beauty and the conclusions.

Female Portrait in Photography Art: from Authenticity to Modernity

The purpose of the research is to analyze female photo portrait, the concept of female beauty in photography, the history of the origin and formation of female portrait in photography. Moreover, the aim was to trace the common and distinct features of a female portrait from the past to nowadays. It was decided to establish a role of female photo portrait in the art of photography, to prove its peculiarity and importance. The research methodology consists of the following parts: theoretical – analysis of the female beauty concept in the photo portrait, history of female portrait development in photography, empirical – study of relationships between female portraits of different times, comparative – comparison of modern and authentic portraits. In the course of cognitive synthesis and generalization of distinctive and similar features of female photo portraits of different times, special features of the female portrait were determined. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the history and formation of female photo portrait from authenticity to the nowadays were analyzed. The analysis was conducted based on photo portraits researches of different times. A detailed analysis of factors influencing the formation of this genre of photography was carried out. With the help of the theoretical analysis, the factors influencing the development of the female photo portrait were determined, its specifics and features were outlined. Conclusions. In the course of the article, we analyzed female portrait in photography and the concept of female beauty in different periods. With the help of the analysis of the history of development and formation of the female portrait photography genre, its role in the art of photography has been established. Peculiarities of female photo portrait as a genre of the art of photography were determined. Its peculiarity and importance have been proved. The factors influencing the concept of female beauty in photography, the development of female portrait and its features have been generalized.

Challenging social standards

Prior to the evolution of the Black Arts Movement, the concept of “beauty” in the United States relied on specific standards, among which were being white and having blue eyes. However, this narrow definition changed over time as sociopolitical factors affected such concepts. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Black Arts Movement affected and changed the concept of beauty among Black Americans. African Americans stood not against white individuals but against everything that was unjust toward them in white American society. As a result, the literary works created by Black writers had to be built on either a political or an aesthetic framework. This paper examines the standards of beauty in The Bluest Eye and discusses the novel’s ideological tone and its references to the Blues, Black aesthetics and Black feminism. The novel was published in the middle of the Black Arts Movement era, and it satisfies the Black Art Movement’s major concern, which is how the work of art can help African Americans live a better life. Morrison’s novel highlights the concept of beauty at the time and how to change it among Black Americans.

A Critical Discourse Analysis Of You C 1000 Audiovisual Ads In Shaping Indonesian Women’s Beauty Concept

Abstrak.Health and beauty ads are one of the most ads of interest in Indonesia. Beauty is every woman's desire, and the concept of beauty in Indonesia has been changed from time to time. YOU C 1000 is a healthy drink contains 1000 mg of vitamin C that offers a different concept of beauty to the public, especially to Indonesian women. This study aims to analyze the way of YOU C 1000 audiovisual ads in shaping the Indonesian women beauty concept by using the Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analyses (CDA) method. The findings of this study are divided into three dimensions of analysis, those are the microstructural (text), mesostructural (discourse), and macrostructural (sociocultural practices). It can be indicated from the ads that YOU C 1000 has been advertised by usingeasy-to-remember and catchy slogan, using Miss Universe as the powerful icon of women beauty, conveniently choosing the form of product to consume with a refreshing taste and packed in suitable packaging, using Indonesian images (its nature, culture, and people) and some of the Indonesian typical music in most of the ads, constantly articulating the product benefit and comparing it to other similar product, and also it is using some linguistic features that give strong opinion supported by general facts, and all of that ways is to deliver the ideology that beauty is start by being healthy inside and by that it will automatically radiate the true beauty outside and that one of the ways of being healthy is by consuming YOU C 1000 once a day regularly.

ELONG UGI: KAJIAN ESTETIKA DALAM PANDANGAN VLADIMIR BRAGINSKY

This paper describes the aesthetic values of elong ugi "Ala Masea-Sea" by using the concept of beauty in Vladimir Braginsky's view. There are three levels of beauty according to Braginsky, namely; the beauty sphere, the utility sphere, and the functional sphere (refinement). These three levels of spheres are the basis for analysis to answer the three main problems that are formulated in this article. The results of the analysis showed that the elong ugi "Ala Masea-Sea" fulfills two spheres, namely the beauty spheres and the faedah spheres. The functional sphere or the highest sphere in terms of the beauty of a work is not contained in elong ugi "Ala Masea-Sea". However, elong ugi "Ala Masea-Sea" as a classical Bugis literature shows a strong aesthetic value.

From beautiful to cute

AbstractJapanese visual aesthetics as represented in traditional arts such as flower arranging, calligraphy and tea ceremony have long been celebrated or even emulated as exemplary expressions of beauty. The Japanese termutsukushii(beautiful) can be used to describe a wide variety of pleasing aspects of daily life, ranging from the human form to nature and even the gustatory experience. This article outlines traditional notions of beauty in the Japanese language, sketching forward to more contemporary expressions of visual culture that cluster around the termkawaii. This word is often translated as “cute” in English, but we maintain thatkawaiiextends well beyond its denotative sense to encompass a more complex spectrum of meanings. For example, it can be used to describe objects and practices which have both sentimental charm as well as dark humour. We argue that thekawaiiaesthetic has been successful because it serves important emotional and social functions. Finally, the differences between the termsutsukushiiandkawaiiare gendered and class based, withkawaiioften providing a democratic expression of resistance to gendered processes of aging, ideas of class and taste, and attractiveness in Japan’s postmodern society. This essay begins with an overview of the semantic meanings of the concepts of beauty and cuteness in Japanese, followed by a discussion focused on the historical antecedents of the Japanese notion of cuteness. The third section shifts to an analysis of the expansion of thekawaiiconcept in post-war society and its socio-cultural functions. The essay closes with exploration of a few of the hybrid offshoots derived fromkawaii, demonstrating that concepts of beauty in Japan are constantly changing and reacting to social and historical trends.

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn: The Art of the African American EssayEmpire of Ruin: Black Classicism and American Imperial CultureReaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn: The Art of the African American EssayEmpire of Ruin: Black Classicism and American Imperial CultureReaping Something New: African American Transformations of Victorian Literature

Plotinus and Augustine on Beauty and Matter

Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine whether and, if so, how far, the Augustinian notion of pulchrum is related to Plotinus’ concept of beauty, as it appears in Ennead I. 6. The Augustinian notion of beauty will be analyzed by focusing on the De natura boni, considering plurality and unity in Augustine’s identification of bonum with esse, both in their ontological and axiological dimensions. Topics selected for special consideration will be, first, beauty as outcome of modus, species and ordo naturalis (De nat. b. 14), and, secondly, corruptio as cause of deformitas (De nat. b. 15). The first part of the paper will attempt to explain the Augustinian identification of esse with bonum and pulchrum (De nat. b. 23).The second part will analyze Plotinus’ notion of beauty, as spelled out in Ennead I. 6, considering the Plotinian identity of to kalon and to agathon. Topics selected for analysis will be, first, the concept of form as cause of beauty (Enn. I. 6.2-3), and secondly, the notion of to aischron as partial or absolute lack of form (Enn. I. 6.2). The second part of the paper will attempt to explain Plotinus’ concept of good as yielding the nature of beauty through an analysis of Plotinus’ reflections on being and unity (Enn. I. 6.2-3). The third part of this paper will consider the differences between Plotinus’ and Augustine’s identity of ugliness and non-being, as related to the notion of matter. Topics selected for analysis will be, firstly, Plotinus’ identity of matter and to aischron (Enn. I. 6.5-6), and, secondly, Augustine’s concept of matter as capacitas formarum (De nat. b. 18). The conclusion will prove how Plotinus’ concept of matter as coinciding with ugliness (Enn. I. 6.6) shows a wide theoretical difference between Augustine’s and Plotinus’ ontological-axiological patterns.

Beauty Concept in Pond’s Advertisements: A Critical Discourse Analysis

This research aimed at analyzing the beauty concept in Pond’s advertisements based on three-dimensional models of discourse in Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework. This research uses a qualitative method to analyze the beauty concept in Pond’s advertisements.The results of this study show that the language used in Pond’s advertisements appear very interesting in building image to the viewers and were successful in using the various discourse strategies to attract people’s attention to buy the product being advertised. For the social practices, the words found in the advertisements are considered have power or control over people. Pond’s advertisements also construct a concept through persuasive linguistic features and visual features. Pond’s advertisements contribute to the construction of an image of ideal beauty in women’s mind through the pictures and texts in which potray a certain beauty concept.

Beauty As An Aesthetic Basis Of Human Life

In this article, beauty is interpreted as the aesthetic basis of human life and its ethnomadanical features are analyzed. Historical-theoretical analysis of the study of the concept of beauty in the science of aesthetics is given. Striving for beauty as a natural feature of a person or a sign of emotional perception of the world, allows people to cultivate aesthetic consciousness, build spiritual and creative life and strive for perfection in general.

Political and Socio-Cultural Poetics of the Novel the Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis: A New Historicist Perspective

This paper intends to explicate the novel ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ by Walter Tevis with a new historicist lens to explore the complex layers of politics of representation and power relations with a view to produce a close -reading of issues like contemporary (Mid-20th century, 1950s and 1960s) socio-political and cultural context of America, Cold War, Communism, Christianity, Capitalism, Atheism, critical racial issues, western concept of beauty as well as moral values and beliefs, considering not only the literary discourse but other non-literary cultural productions and forms like visual discourse (TV, movies) and sports, in this context, Chess. The paper has adopted new historicist theoretical framework to shed light also on the biographical, historical, socio-political and cultural contexts of when the novel was written and published (Mid-1970s and published in 1983). The temporal and spatial setting of the novel, mid-20th century and Kentucky, America have also been analyzed from the same theoretical framework. The objective of this paper is explorative and analytical in nature in its reading of the novel, by applying exegesis in the form of content analysis and textual analysis. The paper has also drawn substantially from cultural studies, research methods like close reading of visual materials and other non-literary cultural productions. Institutional analysis and ideology critique approach has been used to critically analyze how the orphanage (Methuen Home) has been portrayed and represented and what impressions it gives about the nature and operation of power dynamics and dominant ideologies within the orphanage and also in the larger context of America.