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A review of the "ontology" of photography
(Bilkent University, 2004)
This study is the culmination of a speculative attempt to understand and restate the
enigma of photography. It aims to supplement the thought of photography with a host of
concepts that seem to have escaped the scope of ...
Keepsake : meanings, practices and tactics of making and preserving memory
(Bilkent University, 2010)
This study is an attempt to conceptualize what a “keepsake” is within the context of subjective
and social usage in relation to death and mourning. The phenomenon of memory keeping is
examined not only as a subjective ...
George Bataille's notion of transgression : the question of a possible experience concerning art and philosophy
(Bilkent University, 2000)
This study aims at analysing George Bataille's notion of transgression. In this
respect, the concepts of Bataille's discourse such as 'general economy', 'sovereign
operation', 'inner experience', 'impossible', 'absence ...
Composition and the uncanny : a methodological account of composition in visual arts
(Bilkent University, 2001)
This study aims at giving an account of composition in visual arts by basing itself on the
notion of uncanny. In that respect the works of three different surrealist artists, Max Ernst,
Giorgio De Chirico, and Joan Miro, ...
The body unmasked : the uncanny and masked acting
(Bilkent University, 2001)
The body is not only a natural conglomeration of different internal organs, but it is also
the site around/on/through which narratives of subjectivity are constructed and
deconstructed. The Freudian unheimlich, translated ...
Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of art : the cruelty of affect
(Bilkent University, 1999)
In this work the influential contemporary French philosopher
Gilles Deleuze' s aesthetic theory has been analysed with
regard to its philosophical origins. Baruch Spinoza, whose
influence is felt in the whole of Deleuze' ...
Thematization of death in philosophy and art
(Bilkent University, 2000)
This study takes the theme of death in philosophy and art as its
explidt focus, cancentrating mainly of contemporary French philosopher
Maurice Blanchot's literary and philosophical texts. The 'aporias' in the
discourses ...
A singular art : a theoretical and artistic survey on miniature and hybrid possibilities of traditional arts in contemporary art
(Bilkent University, 2007)
The aim of this study is to point out the problems which are stemmed from the use of
traditional arts, particularly miniature, in contemporary art. A theoretical survey on
seeing and representation of traditional arts ...
Airbrushing and texture
(Bilkent University, 1994)
By the expianing the airbrushing technique, the texture in airbrushig is shown as examples. In this thesis, it is explained that this techniques can be used by a freehand or by using different materials to create new ...
Experimental typography : reviewing the modernist and the current approaches
(Bilkent University, 1993)
The intention of this study is to evaluate the experimental typography
within the history of graphic design by taking in consideration of
two epochs. The Modernist and The Current.