Imaginary Aesthetic Territories: Australian Japonism in Printed Textile Design and Art

This creative production thesis considers how Japanese aesthetic philosophies have influenced textile design and art by examining its use, significance and representation in fashion and art in Australia. Correlations between the space indicated in Japanese pictorial principles and the open space of...

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Main Author: Giambazi, Kelsey Ashe
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70734
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description This creative production thesis considers how Japanese aesthetic philosophies have influenced textile design and art by examining its use, significance and representation in fashion and art in Australia. Correlations between the space indicated in Japanese pictorial principles and the open space of the Australian landscape are considered, as are the conventions of constructed exoticism inherent to Japonism. The thesis and creative works respond to issues of Australian cultural identity, hybridity, orientalism and cultural yearning.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-707342019-01-07T06:11:24Z Imaginary Aesthetic Territories: Australian Japonism in Printed Textile Design and Art Giambazi, Kelsey Ashe This creative production thesis considers how Japanese aesthetic philosophies have influenced textile design and art by examining its use, significance and representation in fashion and art in Australia. Correlations between the space indicated in Japanese pictorial principles and the open space of the Australian landscape are considered, as are the conventions of constructed exoticism inherent to Japonism. The thesis and creative works respond to issues of Australian cultural identity, hybridity, orientalism and cultural yearning. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70734 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Giambazi, Kelsey Ashe
Imaginary Aesthetic Territories: Australian Japonism in Printed Textile Design and Art
title Imaginary Aesthetic Territories: Australian Japonism in Printed Textile Design and Art
title_full Imaginary Aesthetic Territories: Australian Japonism in Printed Textile Design and Art
title_fullStr Imaginary Aesthetic Territories: Australian Japonism in Printed Textile Design and Art
title_full_unstemmed Imaginary Aesthetic Territories: Australian Japonism in Printed Textile Design and Art
title_short Imaginary Aesthetic Territories: Australian Japonism in Printed Textile Design and Art
title_sort imaginary aesthetic territories: australian japonism in printed textile design and art
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70734