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    Art

    Appreciation
    Aesthetic
    Conventionalism
    AESTHETIC
    CONVENTIONALISM
    Interpretation of Social
    Philosophy
    Thomas Hobbes

    UGLY
    Agreed upon to be ugly by
    people in the society
    SOCIETY
    Civilization (People live in community)
    CULTURE, TRADITION, LAW, CUSTOM, CONVENTION

    PERCEPTION AND CONCEPT OF BEAUTY


    (Ethnocentric)
    Aesthetic Conventionalism
    Aesthetic Conventionalism

    CULTURE
    TRADITION
    People in the
    Society

    “Beauty is in the
    (culturally
    conditioned) eye of
    the beholder”
    CULTURAL STANDARD OF
    THE BEAUTY OF WOMEN
    CULTURAL
    STANDARD OF THE
    BEAUTY OF WOMEN

    SOCIETY OF
    CHINESE PEOPLE
    China before 1917
    BUDS OF
    THE LOTUS
    FLOWER
    BEGINNING OF
    FOOT BINDING
    IN 800 BC

    The legend of
    the court
    dancers and the
    emperor’s wife
    with feet like
    golf club
    Lotus
    Shoes

    Sign of
    social
    status
    Women with lotus feet could not walk properly.
    They could not do productive works, and this had
    retarded the development of Chinese economy
    for almost 2,500 years from 800 BC to 1917.
    The sexual
    connotation
    of the lotus feet

    “The second
    vagina”
    THE MODERN LOTUS FEET

    Women of today wear these high heels just to


    make themselves look beautiful, although very
    uncomfortable
    Where is the
    eyebrow?

    Shaving the
    eyebrow was
    the fashion of
    feminine
    beauty during
    the
    Renaissance
    42b
    Leonardo
    Ginebra d’Benci

    Leonardo,
    Lady with
    an Ermine
    Vermeer,
    Girl with
    a Pearl
    Earing
    MODERN STANDARD

    Amorsolo
    Girl with
    a Basket of Mango (Detail),
    1956
    FASHION
    OF CLOTHING
    THROUGH THE
    DECADES
    2010’s
    Fashion
    2015’s
    Fashion
    1960’s
    Fashion
    1880’S
    FRENCH
    FASHION
    Seurat, Sunday Aftenoon in the Island of La
    Grande Jatte, 1888
    Seurat,
    Sunday
    Aftenoon in
    the Island of
    La Grande
    Jatte,
    (Detail)

    1880’s
    FRENCH
    FASHION
    BUSTLE
    Framework worn at the
    back of the woman to
    prevent heavy skirt
    from dragging

    1880’s
    FRENCH FASHION
    Diane Kruger
    wearing a bustle
    gown during the
    2012 Oscar
    Awards
    DAMIAN
    DOMINGO

    Made water color


    paintings showing
    Filipinos in native
    costumes

    Founded the First Art School in the


    Philippines
    Escuela Dibujo y Pintura, Tondo Manila,
    1821
    FASHION OF CLOTHING IN
    THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE
    SPANISH PERIOD

    Damian Domingo
    Water color painting showing
    Filipinos in native costumes
    ILLUSTRADO
    CLASS

    Damian Domingo
    Water color painting
    showing Filipinos in
    native costumes
    STREET
    VENDORS

    Damian Domingo
    Water color painting
    showing Filipinos in
    native costumes
    Domingo
    Taho Vendor
    Domingo
    Fish Vendor
    of Manila
    Domingo
    A Native
    Laborer
    Aesthetic Conventionalism

    CULTURE
    TRADITION
    People in the
    Society

    “Beauty is in the
    (culturally
    conditioned) eye of
    the beholder”

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