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| Title | PERCEPTION OF CUTENESS AND BEAUTY |
| Author | Jones, Danielle
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| Keywords | art
artist
digital
painting
digital painting
photography
manipulated photography
cute
cuteness
beauty
caricature
quaint
quaintness
vintage
mfa
fine art
fine arts
illustration
mannerist
mannerism
symmetry
golden ration
kawaii
krutt
pedagogy
jocose
transmogrification
color
quintessential
character
characteristics
physiognomy
proportions
proportion
infant
idiosyncrasy
idiosyncrasies
idiosyncratic
relationships
norms
facial
face
features
innocence
vulnerability
empowering
empower
cartoon
cartooning
anime
manga
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| Abstract | Upbringing and psychological make-up inspire individual norms for beauty and cuteness. The mannerist approach in my work is a product of the figural liberties found in cartooning, illustration and art history. By altering facial and bodily features, I relate the proportions of an infant to cuteness and innocence. However, I tailor the photographs to empower the subjects all the while mirroring trends in contemporary pop culture. I�m interested in themes of everyday life, vitality and emotion placed in obscure, imaginary or exaggerated venues. I fictionalize subjects of my reality to compel viewers to identify with and fancy emotions, circumstances, moods and relationships. The intent is to amplify, yet be truer to their existence and idiosyncrasies through figural adaptations. |
| Adviser | Poindexter, Carla
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| Publisher | University of Central Florida |
| Degree | M.F.A.
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| Degree Discipline | Department of Art
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| Degree Grantor | Arts and Humanities
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| Degree Program | Studio Art and the Computer MFA
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| Graduation Date | 2009-01-01 |
| Type | Master's thesis
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| Access Level | Public - Allow Worldwide Access
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| Release Date | 2009-05-21 |
| Repository | University Archives
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| Repository Collection | Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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| Identifier | CFE0002538 |
| Access Link | http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002538 |