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221	Neuroscience and Hindu Aesthetics: A Critical Analysis of V.S. Ramachandran’s “Science of Art” Beitmen, Logan R 01 January 2014 (has links) Neuroaesthetics is the study of the brain’s response to artistic stimuli. The neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran contends that art is primarily “caricature” or “exaggeration.” Exaggerated forms hyperactivate neurons in viewers’ brains, which in turn produce specific, “universal” responses. Ramachandran identifies a precursor for his theory in the concept of rasa (literally “juice”) from classical Hindu aesthetics, which he associates with “exaggeration.” The canonical Sanskrit texts of Bharata Muni’s Natya Shastra and Abhinavagupta’s Abhinavabharati, however, do not support Ramachandran’s conclusions. They present audiences as dynamic co-creators, not passive recipients. I believe we could more accurately model the neurology of Hindu aesthetic experiences if we took indigenous rasa theory more seriously as qualitative data that could inform future research. Hinduism neuroscience aesthetics Kashmir Shaivism rasa Abhinavagupta Bharata Muni Natya Shastra Indian religion art Acting Ancient Philosophy Art Practice Asian Art and Architecture Asian Studies Cognition and Perception History of Religions of Eastern Origins Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures Performance Studies Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of Science Social and Cultural Anthropology Theory and Criticism
222	The Passing Show Fanelli, Kathryn 01 February 2021 (has links) The Passing Show, examines the interface between contemplative practices and the destabilizing effect of the carnivalesque. A repurposed early 20th century merry-go- round is reconfigured as a conceptual vehicle for renewing our attention to removing hindrances. The site-specific installation, titled Vimoksha, is viewed through the lens of the radical imaginary, investigating notions of karmic inheritance through a heuristic approach to material processes, personal history, kinetics and sound. Contemplative Art Carnivalesque Destabilize Liberation Reimagine Meditation Art and Design Art and Materials Conservation Art Education Art Practice Arts and Humanities Buddhist Studies Contemporary Art Fine Arts Industrial and Product Design Interactive Arts Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Metal and Jewelry Arts Modern Art and Architecture Painting Philosophy Sculpture Theory and Criticism
223	Gentleman Death in Silk and Lace: Death and the Maiden in Vampire Literature and Film Wilson, Emily 01 May 2024 (has links) (PDF) This thesis contains an examination in the psychosocial significance of Hans Baldung Grien’s “Death and the Maiden” art motif, created during the Renaissance period following the Black Death, and its resurgence in the vampire fiction genre of both literature and film. I investigate the motif in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) and Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (1976) as well as their film adaptations by Francis Ford Coppola (1992) and Neil Jordan (1994), respectively. By examining the presence of the motif in art, literature, and film, I found that the common threads across all investigated works were the dominant social fears of their relevant historical societies and the allure of the taboo, as described by Georges Bataille and Slavoj Žižek, among others. The significance of these findings lies within the ability to gauge the values and fears of societies through their use of the motif. : art history psychoanalysis vampires death sexuality feminism Arts and Humanities English Language and Literature Literature in English, British Isles Literature in English, North America Modern Literature Other Film and Media Studies
224	SPEED AND RESOLUTION IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL REPRODUCIBILITY TAYLOR, SHAWN 01 January 2015 (has links) The rate of acceleration of the biologic and synthetic world has for a while now, been in the process of exponentially speeding up, maxing out servers and landfills, merging with each other, destroying each other. The last prehistoric relics on Earth are absorbing the same oxygen, carbon dioxide and electronic waves in our biosphere as us. A degraded .jpeg enlarged to full screen on a Samsung 4K UHD HU8550 Series Smart TV - 85” Class (84.5” diag.). Within this composite ecology, the ancient limestone of the grand canyon competes with the iMax movie of itself, the production of Mac pros, a YouTube clip from Jurassic park, and the super bowl halftime show. A search engines assistance with biographic memory helps our bodies survive new atmospheres and weigh the gravities that exist around the versions of an objects materiality. Communication has moved from our vocal chords, to swipes and taps of our thumbs on a screen that predicts the weather, accesses the hidden, invisible, and withdrawn information from the objects around us, and still ducks up what we are trying to say. This txt was written on a tablet returned to stock settings and embedded with content to mine the experience in which mediated technology creates, communicates and obscures new forms of language. Life in a new event horizon — a dimensional dualism that finds us competing for genetic and mimetic survival — we are now functioning as different types of humans. SCULPTURE FINE ARTS GRAND CANYON DIGITAL OBJECTS SEMIOTIC American Art and Architecture American Literature American Material Culture American Popular Culture Architectural Technology Art and Materials Conservation Art Practice Atmospheric Sciences Audio Arts and Acoustics Biotechnology Construction Engineering Contemporary Art Continental Philosophy Desert Ecology Entomology Environmental Design Environmental Monitoring Esthetics Evolution Fiction Fine Arts Graphic Design Historic Preservation and Conservation Integrative Biology Interactive Arts Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Landscape Architecture Modern Languages Modern Literature Natural Resources and Conservation Nonfiction Other Architecture Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Other English Language and Literature Other Environmental Sciences Reading and Language Theory and Criticism

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