Venus revisited : reflecting sights/sites of beauty and its embodiments

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dc.contributor.advisorInggs, Stephenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Westhuizen, Caraen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-17T13:05:18Z
dc.date.available2015-02-17T13:05:18Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 82-86).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this project the idealised body of Venus represents an uncomfortable whole. She symbolises the richly divergent, contrasting, and often thematic concerns of female beauty that my, work has attempted to represent. She signifies arid originates the centuries of fluctuating meaning and contesting truths about women and the way in which they are represented that are at the centre of my research - in an image that resists resolution. As the title of the body of practical work implies, Venus Revisited points to a journey of return. It refers to a recurrence of ideas about the idealised female body informed by its origins in Greek myth. Venus still informs current Western visual culture - the female body remains 'the map on which we mark our meanings' (Mullins, 1985: 331).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan der Westhuizen, C. (2006). <i>Venus revisited : reflecting sights/sites of beauty and its embodiments</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12520en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan der Westhuizen, Cara. <i>"Venus revisited : reflecting sights/sites of beauty and its embodiments."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12520en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan der Westhuizen, C. 2006. Venus revisited : reflecting sights/sites of beauty and its embodiments. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van der Westhuizen, Cara AB - In this project the idealised body of Venus represents an uncomfortable whole. She symbolises the richly divergent, contrasting, and often thematic concerns of female beauty that my, work has attempted to represent. She signifies arid originates the centuries of fluctuating meaning and contesting truths about women and the way in which they are represented that are at the centre of my research - in an image that resists resolution. As the title of the body of practical work implies, Venus Revisited points to a journey of return. It refers to a recurrence of ideas about the idealised female body informed by its origins in Greek myth. Venus still informs current Western visual culture - the female body remains 'the map on which we mark our meanings' (Mullins, 1985: 331). DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Venus revisited : reflecting sights/sites of beauty and its embodiments TI - Venus revisited : reflecting sights/sites of beauty and its embodiments UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12520 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12520
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan der Westhuizen C. Venus revisited : reflecting sights/sites of beauty and its embodiments. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12520en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentMichaelis School of Fine Arten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFine Arten_ZA
dc.titleVenus revisited : reflecting sights/sites of beauty and its embodimentsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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