Introduction to Part III

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-154
Keyword(s):  
Film Images ◽  
Thing In Itself ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky may be more of a “great practitioner” than a “great thinker,” as the prominent Russian auteur Alexei German skeptically observed. Yet the aesthetic power of his film images only intensifies their thought-provoking impact on the viewer. This section aims to demonstrate how theoretical discussions generated by his films can helpfully contribute to a deeper understanding of their meaning. The section opens with Slavoj Žižek’s chapter, which offers a Lacanian reading of Tarkovsky’s films in terms of an encounter with the radical otherness of the Kantian thing-in-itself, illustrated by the planet Solaris or Stalker’s Zone, which is structurally quite similar to more commercial horror movies dramatizing an encounter with the unknown....

From Altered States to Altered Titles: A Close Analysis of the Title Sequence to Ken Russell's Altered States (1981)

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 556-571
Author(s):  
Jack Post
Keyword(s):  
Altered States ◽  
Thematic Structure ◽  
Personal Projects ◽  
Mise En Abyme ◽  
Narrative Representations ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Film Images ◽  
The Spectator ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Aesthetic

Although most title sequences of Ken Russell's films consist of superimpositions of a static text on film images, the elaborate title sequence to Altered States (1981) was specially designed by Richard Greenberg, who had already acquired a reputation for his innovative typography thanks to his work on Superman (1978) and Alien (1979). Greenberg continued these typographic experiments in Altered States. Although both the film and its title sequence were not personal projects for Russell, a close analysis of the title sequence reveals that it functions as a small narrative unit in its own right, facilitating the transition of the spectator from the outside world of the cinema to the inside world of filmic fiction and functioning as a prospective mise-en-abyme and matrix of all the subsequent narrative representations and sequences of the film to come. By focusing on this aspect of the film, the article indicates how the title sequence to Altered States is tightly interwoven with the aesthetic and thematic structure of the film, even though Russell himself may have had less control over its design than other parts of the film.

Andrei Tarkovsky, Or the Thing from Inner Space

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-177
Author(s):  
Slavoj Žižek
Keyword(s):  
Thing In Itself ◽  
Andrei Tarkovsky ◽  
Materialist Interpretation

This chapter offers a Lacanian reading of Tarkovsky’s films in terms of an encounter with the radical otherness of the Kantian thing-in-itself, illustrated by the planet Solaris or Stalker’s Zone. This motif, the author maintains, is structurally quite similar to more commercial horror movies dramatizing an encounter with the unknown. The chapter emphasizes the importance of a materialist interpretation of Tarkovsky’s films in which an encounter with the impossible and traumatic Thing is thoroughly devoid of religious and mystical connotations that often accompany commentators’ discussions.

scholarly journals A ARTE COMO BÁLSAMO: PINTURA E MÚSICA EM SCHOPENHAUER

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
João Elton Jesus
Keyword(s):  
Arthur Schopenhauer ◽  
The World ◽  
Thing In Itself ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Aesthetic

Na obra O mundo como vontade e representação, Arthur Schopenhauer apresenta as manifestações artísticas como forma de objetivação da vontade, que para ele, está associada ao Bem platônico e a Coisa-Em-Si propugnada por Kant. Este trabalho tem o objetivo de apresentar a estética construída pelo Cavaleiro Solitário, onde a contemplação da arte, destacando a pintura e, especialmente a música, apresenta-se como bálsamo para o ser humano superar o pessimismo causado pelo mundo passageiro dos fenômenos e assim alcançar, ainda que provisoriamente, a tão sonhada ataraxia.Abstract: In the book The World as Will and Representation, Arthur Schopenhauer shows the artistic manifestation as objectivation of the will, which is associated to Platos’s idea of the Good and the Thing In Itself proposed by Kant. The aim of this article is to present the aesthetic built by the Solitary Knight, where the contemplation of arts, especially painting and music as well, reveals as a balm to human been overcome the pessimism caused by the transitory world of phenomenon  achieving, provisionally though, the dream of the ataraxia. Keywords: Aesthetic, Music, Painting, Will, Representation.

Fluency as a determinant of the aesthetic-usability effect

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahashi Tomoyo ◽  
Shinji Kitagami
Keyword(s):  
The Aesthetic

Aesthetic Crown Lengthening for Gummy Smile Treatment Related to Altered Passive Eruption: A Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Indira Apriantika ◽  
Agung Krismariono
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
Proper Diagnosis ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Smile Aesthetics ◽  
Crown Lengthening ◽  
Gummy Smile

A healthy and beautiful smile can affect appearance and confidence. One of the aesthetic problems in dentistry that is often complained of by patients is excessive gingival display (gummy smile). The excessive gingival display can be caused by several factors, one of which is altered passive eruption (APE). One of the treatments to correct gummy smile related to APE is crown lengthening. Crown lengthening can be with bone reduction (gingivectomy with bone reduction) or without bone reduction (gingivectomy). Crown Lengthening with bone reduction is a surgical procedure that aims to maintain the dentogingival complex and to improve smile aesthetics. The purpose of this case report is to determine the crown lengthening with bone reduction (gingivectomy with bone reduction) procedure as a gummy smile treatment related to APE .A23-year-old female patient, came to Dental Hospital of Universitas Airlangga with complaints of her upper gum which not in the same length and the teeth looked short, she considered her smile was less aesthetic. After conducting analyses relating to aesthetics and periodontal tissue, crown lengthening with bone reduction was chosen for this patient treatment. The treatment results are quite good, visible gingival margins that matched the gingival zenith and improved patient's smile profile. APE as the etiology of patient's gummy smile can be corrected. There are no post-surgical complications such as excessive pain and infection. A proper diagnosis, treatment plan, and good techniques can produce a harmonious smile on the patient.

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