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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 40 uppsatser innehållade orden konstvetenskap uppsala.
1. Drop Dead Gorg(on)eous : A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary Medusa Tattoo
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the contemporary ‘Medusa tattoo’ that gained traction on the social media platform TikTok in 2019 as a symbol of sexual assault survival, and which has since come to function as an instrument for digital feminist activism. The study aspires to provide a new, previously unexplored link to the long chain of academic research on the figure of Medusa by looking at the emergence, function, and potential of the Medusa tattoo. LÄS MER
2. ”Att göra ett minnesmärke över livet” : En komparativ utställningsanalys av två svenska konstnärshem
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This essay investigates and compares two Swedish artist homes made into museums using an applied version of Danish scholar Rune Gade’s exhibition analysis method. The homes that were chosen for the study are Tallbo, in the region of Gästrikland, the home of Swedish painter Ecke Hedberg (1868-1959) and Bror Hjorths Hus in the city of Uppsala, the home of Swedish painter and sculptor Bror Hjorth (1894-1968). LÄS MER
3. The Game Of Nudity on Instagram: Four case studies about art and censorship
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The aim for this essay is, along with the four included case studies, is to examine the social media platform, Instagram's strict guidelines when it comes to showing nudity. On the platform there is a certain double standard, artists as well as art institutions are censored, that is, they get pictures removed or their accounts blocked when they try to show works that have nudity depicted, but at the same time nudity exists on the platform, this essay wants to highlight the double standard by setting the example that images from accounts of celebrities, which show as much nudity as a work of art, if not more, are allowed to be available on the social platform. LÄS MER
4. Rasism i USA genom två konstnärer och deras kritikers ögon : Hur Philip Guston och Henry Taylor uppmärksammar förtryck mot afroamerikaner och hur de har bemötts av kritiker och konstnärliga institutioner
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This essay investigates how Philip Guston and Henry Taylor explore the subject of African American oppression in their art and how they have been received by critics and art institutions. Using semiotics based on Hans Haydens article “Den omplacerade koden: Om Edgar Degas Interiör”, this essay explores how meaning is created in signs existing within the respective artists’ works. LÄS MER
5. Mytologins kvinnokropp som symbol och objekt : En feministisk bildanalys om kropp och skönhet av Venus Cythereia och Danaë och guldregnet
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This paper is analyzing the renaissance painting Venus Cythereia by artist Jan Massys and the neoclassical painting Danaë and the shower of gold by artist Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller. The research aims to answer questions about beauty ideals and the objectification of the female body from a feminist theoretical basis. LÄS MER
