Beauty in Kashmir Essay

Often people go through life without analyzing objects. Most of us live life just doing the same old cycle of things but never stop to appreciate the beauty and emotion that an object can bring. This same thing happened to me until realizing the beauty of something so simple. A barbell. Not something commonly known to be considered “beautiful.” But throughout our Aesthetics class we have mentioned many different theories and many different philosophers and artists takes on those theories.…

in this small silver mirror, so much that I think it is a part of me. I sit in front of it in the powder room every day, gazing into a blank expression. I stare and see this woman, this woman who once held beauty and eyes full of mystery and secrets. But every single day it is fading, the beauty is fading, the eyes, which were once so full of emotion, are fading. I am becoming dull and lifeless, day by day. I sometimes wonder what this small prevailing object thinks of me, it is the one thing in…

Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, right? Dove’s “Campaign for Real Beauty” has spoken out about the different forms of beauty. Whether they be skinny, curvy, tall, short, young, or old, Dove has made it a point to use their campaign in order to empower every person possible. Virginia Postrel, author of “The Truth about Beauty,” disagrees completely with Dove and their campaign. In her article, Postrel criticizes the beauty that Dove praises (Postrel). Virginia Postrel’s scathing viewpoints…

Hollywood plastic surgery keeps coming up in the headlines leaving some fans wondering what is the deal. First, it was a slew of actors, actresses and other stars who allegedly was changing their looks. Then there was the gossip around the procedures. After all the dust has settled, the stars typically come out and deny they had Hollywood plastic surgery. Yet, leave the door open when it comes to injections, treatments and the like. If you've been watching the news, Renee Zellweger is the…

Lady Godiva The piece that I picked to write about is the first life-sized marble figure accomplished by Anne Whitney, one of America’s well-known women sculptors that worked during the second half of the 19th century. Lady Godiva measures at 67x28x24 inches, the piece was seen on the fourth floor at Dallas Museum of Art on December 22, 2016. This long-forgotten statue was found in a Massachusetts-backyard and was later gifted to the Dallas Museum of Art by Dr. Alessandra Comini. As I walked…

Sofia Coppola is a visually stylish filmmaker. A penchant for aesthetically pleasing fashion, photography, and art has largely contributed to her oeuvre. Beauty is self-conscious throughout her work with sensuality becoming an all-important part of the viewing process. The numerous pastels, fluid camerawork, and contemporary soundtracks have often been dubbed as the Coppola “Dreamscape.” On the surface, these “dreamscapes” are incredibly inviting. Viewers are forced to feel instead of watching…

In the 2001 hit, “Rock the Boat”, Aaliyah reveals to the 21st century her change into womanhood and to the R&B world a new way to chart with suggestive lyrics. Through the colors of her wardrobe, her background dancers, and her lyrics, Aaliyah brought forth a civilized way to introduce her new identity without being given a title through societal view. When Aaliyah was first introduced to the R&B world, she was identified and characterized as a little girl who did not have much experience in…

In this artwork created by Yuni Kim Lang, Gache wig is the focus of her art. Yuni manipulated different types of textiles to create this dynamic sculpture of large wigs to which refers to traditional Korean hair pieces worn by women of high status. Comfort Hair is a live sculpture that is inspired by the Gache, and it is now located in The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum in FIU. The art exhibition has a very clean and lively entrance, with all the frames hung and a dim light fixating on each…

Beauty is not often spoken about in regards to correlating with mathematics. However, there are multitudes of scientific discoveries and studies that prove mathematics has very much to do with universal beauty, and interestingly, why people are considered more attractive over others. The Golden Ratio is a mathematical number that is a determinant factor of why some people are considered more good-looking than others. Although the accuracy of the Golden Ratio is constantly and understandably…

Black Still image Fade from a black still image to a shot of montage sequence presenting different teenage girls. The girl that appears first is a blond Western girl laughing with her friends (From Clueless), shot close up two-shot. Second girl is shot in medium shot playing field hockey (From Angus, thong and perfect snogging), pan left to right to follow the protagonist. Third girl is tearing on the street, and it is shot in close up, high angle (From Our Times). The last girl is meeting the…