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L’autonomie du laid dans quelques œuvres contemporaines américaines
Amerika, 2022 The thesis developed in this article concerns the autonomy of ugliness in contemporary art. Admittedly not exhaustive, this analysis aims to show, from a few emblematic works by visual artists from North and South America, how what was hitherto on the ...
Claudine Sagaert
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‘I’m ugly, but gentle’: performing ‘little character’ in post-Mao Chinese comedies [PDF]
, 2014 Stars are often associated with glamour and beauty, but in this paper I would like to question how the concept of “chou” (literally meaning ugliness) is embraced in contemporary Chinese cinema. The popularity of chouxing (ugly star) in the Chinese cinema
Feng, Lin
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Do possible worlds compromise God’s beauty? A reply to Mark Ian Thomas Robson [PDF]
, 2012 In a recent article Mark Ian Thomas Robson argues that there is a clear contradiction between the view that possible worlds are a part of God's nature and the theologically pivotal, but philosophically neglected, claim that God is perfectly beautiful. In
Divers +10 more
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Experiencing Revulsion: Aesthetic Discomfort and Ordinary Life
Open Philosophy, 2023 Drawing on recent theories and debates concerning the everydayness of non-artistic and even private aesthetic experiences, this article aims at differentiating new ways of dealing with revulsion at the intersection of negative and everyday aesthetics, as
Andreescu Radu-Cristian
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A Study of the Film Adaptations of Marek Hłasko's Prose by the Students of the Film School in Łódź [PDF]
, 2012 A Study of the Film Adaptations of Marek Hłasko's Prose by the Students of the Film School in ŁódźThe works of Marek Hłasko have proved a reliable source of content and inspiration in Polish culture from the time of their writing to the current ...
Bucknall-Hołyńska, Justyna
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The effects of image resolution and exposure duration on facial beauty and ugliness evaluationsOSF
Acta PsychologicaThe beauty or ugliness of a face is affected by factors such as the resolution of the face image presented on the screen and its exposure duration. The present study investigated the effects of image resolution and exposure duration on the beauty and ...
Takanori Sano +3 more
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L’utilisation des préjuges esthétiques comme redoutable outil de stigmatisation du juif
Revue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2013 This article examines in what way the “aesthetic dimension” of anti-Semitism was organized from the 19th century to the first half of 20th century.
Claudine Sagaert
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When You Do Not Fit In: Ugliness as a Theological Problem
Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica, 2023 The article draws attention to the ethical and pastoral dangers associated with the theological subordination of ugliness to other purposes, such as universal harmony and order, the search for the immutable, or divination.
Dávid Cielontko, Jan Zámečník
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, 2010 In this paper, I object to the view that ugliness is only apparent and that what might seem to be ugly is in fact beautiful. This view holds that ugliness is really just a variety of beauty, and there is no negative aesthetic value in the world.
Brady, Emily
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Layers of rotting wood: a meditation on the curricular value of the ugly
Cogent Education, 2018 In this piece, I argue that the marginalized status of ugliness in the field of aesthetics, particularly in aesthetic conversations in the broader field of curriculum, is indicative of an as-of-yet unexplored source for understanding our societal values.
James Grant
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