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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Japanese aesthetics"”.
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Aesthetics of colours in Japanese traditional paintings and woodblock prints in the Edo Period
The aim of this thesis is to examine and study Japanese traditional colours: gold and red for the Kanō school, blue and purple for the ukiyoe, including their symbolic meanings, pigments, how they were applied in art works and how they were related to Japanese aesthetics. This thesis is comprised …
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Approaches to Nature Aesthetics: East Meets West
Nature aesthetics is examined as an approach to environmental ethics. The characteristics of proper nature appreciation show that every landscape can be appreciated impartially in light of the dynamic processes of nature. However, it is often claimed that natural beauty decreases if humans …
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To End in Silence.
… including Buddhism, Numerology, and Traditional Japanese Aesthetics, as well as the works of contemporary artists, Agnes Martin, Lee Bontecou, and Manfred Muller.</p><p>Also included is a complete catalogue of works from To End In Silence.</p>
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Awareness of between-ness: immaterial and material, Katami, once a possession of the deceased
… kept as a memento or remembrance of dead in Japanese culture. Katami represented the visualisation of the ‘between-ness’: an energy flow and interconnectedness between the deceased and the living. ‘Between-ness’ is explained by the Japanese aesthetic called “ma” which is translated as a gap, …
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The interior, the experiencer, kokoro – Towards the essence of place
… constantly been inspired by the sensibility of Japanese design and culture. This study is entitled The Interior, The Experiencer, Kokoro – Towards the Essence of Place, because the ‘experiencer’, my neologism, is central to my design process and kokoro is a Japanese term that can be translated …