Aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century Japanese posters
My thesis argues that ambiguity and mystery are the essence of late 20th century Japanese posters. Through the use of qualitative and 'thick description' approach my thesis explores late 20th century Japanese poster production from the five Japanese poster designers' points of view;...
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Curtin University
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2033 |
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| author | Nguyen, Hung Ky |
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| description | My thesis argues that ambiguity and mystery are the essence of late 20th century Japanese posters. Through the use of qualitative and 'thick description' approach my thesis explores late 20th century Japanese poster production from the five Japanese poster designers' points of view; appreciation of ambiguity and mystery in Japanese culture and in these designers' works; and the extent to which Japanese cultural references and East Asian Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics have influenced these designers. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| language | English |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-20332017-02-20T06:39:39Z Aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century Japanese posters Nguyen, Hung Ky My thesis argues that ambiguity and mystery are the essence of late 20th century Japanese posters. Through the use of qualitative and 'thick description' approach my thesis explores late 20th century Japanese poster production from the five Japanese poster designers' points of view; appreciation of ambiguity and mystery in Japanese culture and in these designers' works; and the extent to which Japanese cultural references and East Asian Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics have influenced these designers. 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2033 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Nguyen, Hung Ky Aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century Japanese posters |
| title | Aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century Japanese posters |
| title_full | Aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century Japanese posters |
| title_fullStr | Aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century Japanese posters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century Japanese posters |
| title_short | Aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century Japanese posters |
| title_sort | aesthetics of ambiguity and mystery in late 20th century japanese posters |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2033 |