Concept Of Beauty Research Articles

The Concept of Beauty in Periyapuranam

Sekkizhar composed Periyapuranam to exhibit greatness of Saivism and guide the people and king who has eagerly immersed in the themes of aham (love affairs) expressed in the kavyam of Civakacintamani. Therefore, there is no theme of love affairs beautifying songs of the Periyapuranam as in the case of Cintamani. However, there is a humble beauty in the Periyapuranam and the beauty is nothing but portrayal of beautiful elements of physical appearances of Saiva saints.The Periyapuranam which speaks Saiva saints portrays beauty of the saints. Periyapuranam comprises of lives of saints who are unequal in caste and economical hierarchy. The research paper studies how much Periyapuranam gives importance to exhibit beauty of the saints and in which manner the beauty of saints is articulated by Periyapuranam.The research paper reveals that Periyapuranam depicts modest beauty of physical appearances of Saiva saints with holy ash, rutratcam, holy thread, matted hair, white dress and shred dress. Besides, Periyapuranam shows that forms of mahamuni and ghost are conceived as the extra ordinary forms which can reach the God. Further, Periyapuranam tries to bring beauty of physical appearances of the orthodox saints in a kind of structure in view of competition between orthodox and heterodox system.

Jean Vanier on Beauty and Disability

Jean Vanier offers a unique concept of beauty in which beauty is described as inherent in all human beings and revealed in right relationships. According to Vanier, revealing the beauty of every individual is part of the Christian mission and one that requires Christians to properly see and care for persons with disabilities. This essay explores how Vanier’s conception of beauty fits into the larger context of Christian notions of beauty, as well as ways in which revealing beauty through art can be transformative for Christians. The essay begins with a short history of the Western conception of beauty, focusing on the “Great Theory of Beauty” and how it was taken up by Christian theologians. Next, the authors explore Vanier’s own writings on beauty to see how they cohere with and depart from other philosophical and theological conceptions. Finally, the authors discuss how disability art can provide another way in which to recognize the beauty of disability as Vanier understands it.

Can Cosmetics' Advertisements Be An Indicator of Different Perceptions of Beauty Amongst Countries?

Concepts of beauty are different amongst different cultures and civilizations. The objective of this study was to evaluate beauty perceptions through cosmetic advertisements in an effort to further appreciate beauty understanding amongst lay people in various parts of the world. To achieve these objectives, we reviewed cosmetics' advertisements to study whether the concept of beauty varies amongst different countries. We used the keywords "cosmetics" and "advertisements" in YouTube search engine in all existing languages in Google translator and came up with advertisements from 18 countries. The faces of the models were compared against Marquardt® beauty mask template in order to have a mean to objectively test symmetry with a mathematical computer model. The weak point of our study is that we can present no model photographs due to General Data Protection Regulation. Advertisements retrieved in total were 257. Characteristics with no statistically significant difference (SSD) amongst models in different parts of the world were: symmetry (p = 0.187), high cheek bones (p = 0.325), small noses (p = 0.72), thin jaws (p = 0.98), lush hair (p = 0.54), clean and smooth skin (p = 0.367), and white toothed smile (p = 0.235). Characteristics with SSD were: in Latin America, USA, and Australia tanned models and fuller lips were preferred (p < 0.001), whilst in Asia milky white skin models and small mouth were preferred. Age ratio (p = 0.022) was lower amongst models in Southeast Asia compared to American, European, Indian, Australian, and Arab models. Arab and Southeast Asia women had intense eyebrows (p < 0.001) and used artificial eyelashes. All the common characteristics noted by the two independent surgeons (GAS and LP) referred to symmetry, youthfulness, and health. Differences noticed reflected cultural influences in the perception of beauty. This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .

Dreams for Sale: Ideal Beauty in the Eyes of the Advertiser

Dreams for Sale: Ideal Beauty in the Eyes of the Advertiser

SEME PEREMPUAN SUMBAWA

The research entitled Seme Perempuan Sumbawa (A case study about women in PlampangVillage, Sumbawa) aims to find out the function and meaning of 'g' as it commonly used bySumbawanese women, especially in Plampang Village. The utilization of 'seme' is generallyto protecting and caring the skin of Sumbawanese women in Plampang Village. Thisresearch used Social Construction theory with Symbolic Interactionism theory. Thisresearch used qualitative research methods. Based on the results of the research, the use of'seme' that is conducted by Sumbawanese women especially in Plampang Village is basedon the concept of beauty that develops in society, where beautiful women are those who aregood at caring for themselves. Besides that, there is a motive underlying the women inPlampang Village in using seme, which is the desire to look more maintained by using seme.The Seme itself has five functions such as a traditional sunblock, the regular use of the semeis believed to be a traditional facial brightener and smoothener. In additional, it also helpsto treat and preserve the skin beauty and to remove something like pimples and black spots.The last function of seme is to tighten and beautify Sumbawanese women's skin especially inPlampang Village. The use of seme is meant everything for them, it's so meaningful for thewomen in the social life and the last it meant as a media in maintaining the beauty ofSumbawanese women especially in Plampang Village.

On the Dialectic of Natural Beauty and Artistic Beauty

Although philosophical reflection on the relationship between art and nature, or, more specifically, the relation between artistic beauty and natural beauty goes back to the time of Kant’s Critique of Judgment, post-Kantian German idealists such as Schelling and Hegel decisively shifted philosophical aesthetics in the direction of a philosophy of fine art. Hegel’s exclusion of natural beauty from deserving a scientific treatment is a result of the spiritualization of content in his system. What is common to Kant and Hegel is to conceive of the relation between natural beauty and artistic beauty in a hierarchical arrangement, the former regarding natural beauty to be superior to artificial beauty, the latter regarding the beauty of art to be higher than the beauty of nature. Theodor W. Adorno, on the other hand, destabilizes these hierarchies. In Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory, natural beauty is neither superior to, nor subordinate to artistic beauty, though natural beauty is the precondition for an appreciation of artistic beauty. What is unique to Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory in this regard is the way in which Adorno conceptualizes the aesthetic experience of nature, as well as the aesthetic experience of works of art, as the perception of images of a beyond; that is, of that which is beyond exchange society. In this essay, I will demonstrate how Adorno’s use of the concepts of natural beauty and artistic beauty, both of which he appropriates from classical German aesthetic theory, transcends the one-sidedness of Kant’s and Hegel’s positions. Further, only an aesthetic theory that recuperates the concept of natural beauty that Hegel repressed, and that goes beyond a mere philosophy of art, is of value to an ecologically informed politics. By reclaiming the concept of natural beauty and neither subordinating it to artistic beauty a la Hegel, nor privileging natural beauty as Kant does, Adorno moves beyond the one-sidedness of Kant’s and Hegel’s positions.

Some considerations on the estimation of the value associated to a clinical act

Abstract The assignment of a value to any economic system, especially in healthcare management, is the topic of this article. The assignment of a value to a clinical act is a very complex process, as it joins the complexity of estimating value in an economic system with the estimation of the value of well-being. An interdisciplinary approach joining disciplines such as Philosophy, Business, Psychology and Physics is used to analyse the assignment of a value; and it is obtained that it is necessary the integrated use of three concepts; viz., Truth, Good, and Beauty. It is also obtained that the concept of Beauty has the biggest difficulty in being computationally represented, and that to achieve such representation it is necessary the use of Statistical Philosophy, a here-proposed branch of the Philosophy of Information. Moreover, it is obtained that value is made of three types of value; viz., Truth-value, Good-value, and Beauty-value. Finally, it is made an assessment of the difficulty in choosing the appropriate necessary projection of the 3-vector value into a worthiness-scalar, a projection that is necessary because the choice of a best option, e.g. a best clinical act, always requires that the option is quantified by a scalar.

THEATER AS ANTHROPOLOGICAL MODEL OF «MIRROR OF LIFE» AND EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY OF GAME IN F. SCHILLER'S PHILOSOPHY

The article explores theater as anthropological model in F. Schiller`s philosophy. The purpose of the article is to give consideration to theater, its educational functions in the philosophy of F. Schiller. The objective of the study is also to analyze the educational model of theater as a «mirror of public life» and reflection of this model in works of F. Schiller, its anthropocentrism, Theatrical play is considered as educational strategy for transformation of man and humanity, the importance of theatrical art is considered as an effective tool for mass culture. Scientific novelty. Animal (physical) and spiritual nature of man are closely interrelated and without this physiological and mental connection human life would be impossible (early works of F. Schiller). The completion of Schiller’s aesthetic research is in his philosophy of theater. To understand such a new stage in the development of theater, Ericа Fischer-Lichte suggests the concept of «philosophical theater». We argue that this concept is more related to theatrical practice, so in our work on Schiller’s philosophy and his theoretical legacy, we can use two concepts: «philosophy of theater» and «philosophical theater». At the same time, we pay more attention to anthropological consequences of Schiller’s philosophical and aesthetic pursuits. The concept of beauty and appeal to high art is central in Schiller’s philosophy because, as he believed, without these components it is impossible to form a virtuous and happy person. Beauty (theatrical form, performance) connects senses and mind – it can be a means for a person to move from matter to form, from sensations to laws, from limited to unconditional existence. In our work we have highlighted and analyzed educational functions of theater in the philosophy of F. Schiller. As one of representatives of the German Enlightenment and idealism, F. Schiller suggests Enlightenment model of theater as a «mirror of social life», the way of educating humanity and correcting its mistakes. This model is anthropocentric because it involves certain identification of art form and man himself through the live image. The best way to form such live images is theatrical art as it involves free playing nature of man, thus acting is not only a means of influence (moral didactics) but also organization of society (state, national theater), especially in critical situations of socio-cultural development. Schiller’s theater became a philosophical response to French Revolution, that is, a means of reforming society and man without violence through artistic transformation.

Logical Beauty Harmony and Natural Shape zones (NSz)

The concept of beauty in the world is certainly influenced by ethnicity and cultural factors, but generally harmony, balance and simmetry are common characteristics positively considered by every population. Logical Beauty Harmony is an innovative System for using filler and botulinum toxin in aesthetic medicine based on Natural Shape zones (NS zones). These compartment consist of strategic sequential injection areas that allow creating, improving or restoring adequate volumes, guaranteeing natural results and expressiveness. Starting from the recent acquisitions of Functional Anatomy, Physiology of Aging, Product Rheology and considering the objective analysis of the characteristics of harmony of each individual we have developed an approach that uses injectables in a targeted way using Support and Lifting vectors at the level of Upper, Middle and Lower Third of the face, injecting first deep and then passing to the surface. The face is divided into vertical and horizontal proportions. These simply but fundamental principle of facial proportion, modified by recent anthropometric studies, have found their way into the teaching and practice of cosmetic facial medicine and surgery. The series of data that can be detected by applying the previous parameters offers the chance of identify the variants that the face can present, so as to make eventually those changes that lead closer to the ideal model. In planning the treatment, the study of the different parameters, proportions, lines, ideal movements and angles linked to the comparison of the measurements of the different parts of the face will be more useful in determining type and extent of the corrections to be made. 9 treatment protocols for the face have been precisely established.

Promenljivost u poimanju lepog i ružnog - implikacije za kliničku psihijatriju

Promenljivost u poimanju lepog i ružnog - implikacije za kliničku psihijatriju

Une approche anthropologique de la beauté en Chine : La Dynamique de la beauté du corps en Chine à travers l’étude des soins du corps et du maquillage entre 1997 et 2014

France has long been the standard source of inspiration for traditional criteria of elegance and beauty for the whole world. In this article, a French anthropologist looks at China’s recent emergence in this field. In 1980, the cosmetics market was non-existent in China; in 2019, it became the world’s largest market. Beauty (care of the body, skin, face, hair, neck, hands, and nails) has been used as a marker for changes in that society for fifty years. Conceptions of beauty are used to analyze the variation of aesthetic standards, the place of the collective in relation to the individual, the position of women in Chinese society, the importance of practices marking social class distinction or evolving tensions between generations. The beauty market is both the result of lifestyle changes (especially the rise of divorce, new social stratification, intercultural mixing, life transformations cycle stages) and the establishment of a double logistics system. Public logistics allow the supply and marketing of cosmetics in shopping centers. Private logistics, those of bathrooms and the arrival of running water and electricity in urban housing, make it possible for Chinese women to use makeup and body products. This analysis shows that although beauty has an individual and intimate dimension, it also has a strong political and collective dimension. Beauty combines conformity with transgression.

Connecting Ancient and Modern: A Textual Study of Ghanaśyāma’s Ānandasundarī, a Prakrit Play by an 18th-Century Marathi Poet

Among 18th-century Indian literary texts, Ghanaśyāma’s saṭṭaka titled Ānandasundarī is one of the most interesting plays for many reasons. First, while in classical Indian drama, the Sanskrit and various Prakrit dialects are attributed to different characters to indicate their social status, in a saṭṭaka all dramatis personae speak the same language : the Prakrit. This unusual language distribution was applied first by Rājaśekhara (9–10th c.) in his Karpūramañjarī, which became the exemplar for later authors. Secondly, the Prakrit, alongside Sanskrit, served as a classical literary language from the first centuries of the Common Era onwards. While Sanskrit remained a widely-used language of the literati until the early modern period, the number of individuals proficient in Prakrit was reduced significantly over time. Thus, writing in Prakrit became a sign of scholarship. Thirdly, it was believed by scholars of the last century that poets after Rājaśekhara gradually stopped producing classical plays, and traditional Indian theatre slowly fell into decay. Ghanaśyāma’s Ānandasundarī is the last play to come down to us from this tradition, and it is a fine example of how classical Indian drama was still appreciated in the author’s time. Fourthly, Ghanaśyāma lived in Thanjavur in a period when terms with multiple meanings, puns, and oblique expressions were in vogue. The Prakrit language naturally lends itself to polysemy. Last, his innovations in the Ānandasundarī, such as the introduction of a ‘ play within a play’ are remarkable and deserve special attention. The textual study of the Ānandasundarī reveals Ghanaśyāma’s concept of poetic beauty.

Η ΠΡΟΣΛΗΨΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΜΟΡΦΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ Γ. ΔΡΟΣΙΝΗ

Η ΠΡΟΣΛΗΨΗ ΤΗΣ ΟΜΟΡΦΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ Γ. ΔΡΟΣΙΝΗ

독일관념론에서 칸트의 자연미 해석 - 예술미에 대한 자연미의 우선성 논제를 중심으로 -

독일관념론에서 칸트의 자연미 해석 - 예술미에 대한 자연미의 우선성 논제를 중심으로 -

Concept of Beauty and Ayurveda Medicine

Concept of Beauty and Ayurveda Medicine

Perceptions of Corporeal Dimension of Beauty in Various Discourses of the Russian Linguoculture

The article set out to explore the ways in which the corporeal dimension of beauty is represented in medical and internet discourses of the Russian linguoculture. The importance of the phenomenon being studied is associated with a significant role of the corporeal dimension in constructing the linguistic world view and building language awareness of the Russian-language homo communicans. Using the explanatory potential of the word 'concept' we identified that the corporeal dimension is formed by semantic, axiological and imagery components and is incorporated into the Beauty concept. The medical discourse provides an objective presentation of the morphological parameters of the body, which can be graduated on the basis of mathematical symbols. Within the internet discourse, corporeal beauty is subjectively interpreted and is conceptualized as changeable, achievable, natural and a launch pad to success. The axiological component is conceptualized in the studied discourses in various ways. Within the medical discourse, the corporeal dimension correlates with the physiological norm, while in the internet discourse it is associated with evaluation statements of the Russian linguoculture. The imagery is conceptualized by means of icons in both discourses. The findings of the study, which shed light on the ways the corporeal dimension of the Beauty concept is represented in different discourses, may become a tool for elucidating the patterns of verbal behavior associated with aesthetic appreciation, and a means of facilitating intercultural communication.

Review of Chemical toxicity in Cosmetic products w.s.r. Dushi Visha

The concept of beauty and cosmetic is as old as mankind and civilization. Cosmetic product for females like sun scream, lipsticks, facial cream, nail paints, deodorants and sindoor are very popular in the market. They are generally the combination of various chemical compounds and some of them are derived from natural sources and others from synthetic method. In females regular external application of cosmetic products to improve beauty and appearance of a person which increases the self confidence. Most of the cosmetic products contains hazardous chemicals like talcum, parabens, coal, tar dye, phthalates, fragrance, tri ethanolamine and use of some heavy metals e.g. lead, mercury etc. Peoples are not aware of adverse effect of regular use of cosmetic products it accumulates in the body can cause contact dermatitis, skin disorders, allergies, hair loss and effect on nails etc. In Ayurveda cosmetic toxicity is compare to cumulative type of toxicity, so the cumulative type of toxicity is similar to Dushi Visha describes in Ayurveda.

Freak Chic. Ekstrem muskelakkumulation som æstetisk ideal inden for professionel bodybuilding

The article explores professional male bodybuilding as historically characterised by bodies’ continuous growth. Until a few decades ago, bodybuilders were associated with a more widely accepted ideal of muscular masculinity, a conception of male beauty that recalls J. J. Winckelmann’s aesthetic ideal of proportion and harmony. Such association has become unimaginable in recent decades. Since at least the 1990s, professional bodybuilders have strived for a “Post-Classic ideal”, built their bodies to resemble a “shredded mass” of muscle, and sometimes self-identified as “freaks” or “monsters”. In the article, I contextualise this rejection of mainstream beauty in contemporary bodybuilding with the increasing normalisation of fitness culture since the 1970s. As “going to the gym” became a mainstream activity, bodybuilding differentiated itself by developing significantly larger bodies and became an increasingly subcultural activity. I suggest two parameters as central in this development: a synthetic ideal and an aesthetics of accumulation. The dynamic aesthetics of competitive muscle accumulation recalls a capitalist logic of ‘more is more’ and apparently over-emphasises gender normativity. Yet, I aim to show in the article that in their hyperbolic performances for purely aesthetic purposes, contemporary male bodybuilders simultaneously undermine these very ideals.

Ästhetisch konstruierte Traditionen?

Abstract Throughout various literary and artistic periods, artists have referred to or even converted to Catholicism as a means of conjuring a certain perception of a European tradition. In doing this, they seek to create an aesthetic of romanticism and/or an idea and concept of beauty, the artist, artwork etc. After giving a brief overview of this discursive practice in modern avant-garde movements, this article focuses on early forms of literary Catholic movements, such as the French Renouveau catholique and François-René de Chateaubriand’s Le Génie du Christianisme (The Genius of Christianity), as well as Novalis’ ‘invention’ of German romanticism in his essay Die Christenheit oder Europa (Christianity or Europe). It shows that there are a variety of parallels to be identified across these periods and places, namely, in programs, performances, rhetoric-building and group-building processes, and in cultivating an anti-bourgeois distinction, both in the texts themselves and in the positioning of the artists within the literary field. Despite accusations of being reactionary, writers and artists who elaborate a Catholic concept of art and literature aim to develop a traditionalist and anti-modern stance within (aesthetical and social) modernity.

THE REPRESENTATION OF BEAUTY DISCOURSE IN LORD BYRON’S SELECTED POEMS REPRESENTASI WACANA KECANTIKAN DALAM PUISI LORD BYRON

This study discusses beauty discourse in the era of Romanticism. Beauty discourse was produced through Byron poems from 1813-1815. Byron was one of the leading figures in the Romantic movement who was influential at the time. We use three Byron poems as the main data for this study. These poems are She Walks in Beauty (1814), Sonnet to Genevra (1813), and Stanzas for Music (1815). The concept of beauty produced by the three poems above connects physical beauty and intellectual beauty with natural elements as one of the great themes of the Romanticism era. The concept of beauty at that time was closely related to the romantic society of England. Referring to this reason, Stuart Hall's representation theory and discursive approach by Michel Foucault are used as a tool to analyze the above problems. The results of this study indicate that the concept of beauty in the romantic era (1) emphasizes intellectual beauty or beyond the physical itself as a concept of beauty in that era. In addition, three concepts of beauty, physical beauty, intellectual beauty, and natural beauty will always lead to divine beauty, where all life comes from Him, and (2) The three poems make beauty an instrument to criticize the presence of the industrial revolution at that time which is considered to cause chaos in romantic life.