A Study on Body Art Reflecting the Esthetic Form and Value of Chinoiserie

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-211
Author(s):  
Yeon-Seo Lee ◽  
Yeon-A Kim
Keyword(s):  
Body Art

Body art in the workplace: A scenario-based experiment

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Miller ◽  
Kay Nicols ◽  
Jack Eure
Keyword(s):  
Body Art

scholarly journals Blending Myth and Modernity in the Global Chinese Cinema: The Hong Kong Action Hero in Zhang Yimou-Directed Hero

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-56
Author(s):  
Dhruba Karki
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Body Art ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Chinese Cinema ◽  
Chinese Empire ◽  
Action Hero

 Zhang Yimou’s Hero presents an action hero, yet in a slightly different cinematic mode than that of Stephen Chow-directed Shaolin Soccer to blend myth and modernity. In Yimou’s martial arts cinema, Jet Li-starred Nameless hero uses martial arts to combat the king’s adversaries, including Donnie Yen-starred Long Sky, Maggie Cheung-starred Flying Snow and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai-starred Broken Sword in the service to the Qin Dynasty (221 BC – 207 BC). The warrior hero’s indigenous body art helps the Qin Dynasty transform the smaller warring kingdoms into a powerful Chinese Empire, a strong foundation of modern China with economic and military superpower. Like their western counterparts, including T1000 and Neo, the Hong Kong action heroes, such as the warrior hero and the Qin King have been refashioned in the Hollywood controlled twentieth-century popular culture. Different from their Hollywood counterparts in actions, the Hong Kong action heroes in Hero primarily use their trained bodies and martial skills to promote the Chinese civilization, an adaptation of the Hollywood tradition of technologized machine body. Reworking of myth and archetype in Nameless’s service to the Qin Dynasty and the emperor’s mission to incept the Chinese Empire, the Hong Kong action heroes appear on screen, a blend of tradition and modernity. The film industry’s projection of the Chinese history with the legendary action heroes, including Nameless soldier and the Qin King globalizes the indigenous Chinese culture by using modern electronic digital technology, a resonance of the western technological advancement.

Body Art: Paradigms of Transformation in Contemporary Art

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-378
Author(s):  
Petr Rezek ◽  
Eva Spišiaková
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Body Art

Exploring Body Art Trends

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Schnirring
Keyword(s):  
Body Art

Body art, deviance, and American college students

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome R. Koch ◽  
Alden E. Roberts ◽  
Myrna L. Armstrong ◽  
Donna C. Owen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Body Art

Piercing questions about body art

Nursing ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Scott DeBoer ◽  
Michael Seaver
Keyword(s):  
Body Art

scholarly journals Tattoos in Psychodermatology

Psych ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-278
Author(s):  
İlknur Kıvanç Altunay ◽  
Sibel Mercan ◽  
Ezgi Özkur
Keyword(s):  
Group Identity ◽  
Body Art ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Permanent Form

Tattooing is a permanent form of body art applied onto the skin with a decorative ink, and it has been practiced from antiquity until today. The number of tattooed people is steadily increasing as tattoos have become popular all over the world, especially in Western countries. Tattoos display distinctive designs and images, from protective totems and tribal symbols to the names of loved or lost persons or strange figures, which are used as a means of self-expression. They are worn on the skin as a lifelong commitment, and everyone has their own reasons to become tattooed, whether they be simply esthetic or a proclamation of group identity. Tattoos are representations of one’s feelings, unconscious conflicts, and inner life onto the skin. The skin plays a major role in this representation and is involved in different ways in this process. This article aims to review the historical and psychoanalytical aspects of tattoos, the reasons for and against tattooing, medical and dermatological implications of the practice, and emotional reflections from a psychodermatological perspective.

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