Browsing Dept. of Graphic Design - Master's degree by Title
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Education in interactive media: a survey on the potentials of computers for visual literacy
(Bilkent University, 1996)This study aims at investigating the potentials of multimedia and computers in design. For this purpose, a general survey on the historical development of computers for their use in education and possibilities related to ... -
Encountering a site-specific work of art : concerning the relationship between image and memory in the conceptual framework of Walter Benjamin
(Bilkent University, 2003)This thesis derives from the dual relationship of image and memory in Walter Benjamin’s texts on literature and art criticism. This relationship is conveyed to sitespecific art and analyzed in terms of space and time. ... -
Enforcing creativity in graphic design
(Bilkent University, 2002)Enforcing creativity in basic design is as important as giving students the design principles and elements. During their first year all design students are taking basic design courses in order to learn those principles ... -
Ethics and aesthetics in the philosophy of Alain Badiou
(Bilkent University, 2005)The supposed impossibility of achieving a form of rational agency for action is the prevailing critique against contemporary theories of representaion. Alain Badiou’s philosophy appears to solve this problem by assigning ... -
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. -
Experimental video art : on the borders between theory and practice
(Bilkent University, 2011)The aim of this thesis is to explore the new image and thought in reference to philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Thus, his discussions on art and cinema are studied thoroughly. The revelation of affects, percepts and sensations ... -
F is for film, G is for Greenaway : the cinematic representation in the films of Peter Greenaway
(Bilkent University, 1999)This study aims at investigating the last eight feature films of the British filmmaker, Peter Greenaway, with regard to the cinematic representation. As opposed to the cinematic representation suggested by the principles ... -
Figure and flesh : Francis Bacon's challenge to the figurative tradition in Western art
(Bilkent University, 2002)When figuring the body is at stake within the Western tradition of art, figuration comes up as a question of framing and controlling the mass of body (flesh, bones, body liquids etc…). The apparent obsession of Western ... -
Figuring the orient : a discussion of orientalism within the context of Ferzan Özpetek's films
(Bilkent University, 2004)This study aims to inaugurate a thorough reading of two films by Ferzan Özpetek that employ Orient as their setting and major narrative element, Hamam (1997) and Harem Suare (1999), to examine their complicity with the ... -
Filmic space in Turkish melodrama
(Bilkent University, 1997)This study aims at analyzing filmic space in Turkish melodrama films that were influential between 1960-1975. In order to map the theoretical framework for such a study, different^ approaches to filmic space are reviewed ... -
The fluid experience of space : physical body in virtual spaces over an analysis of Osmose
(Bilkent University, 2003)By the naissance of virtual reality, the body is repressed and transformed into representation in technological virtuality, and the cyberspace has defined as the space experienced by the mind that is separated from the ... -
The formation of Alevi syncretism
(Bilkent University, 2006)The aim of this study is to explore the formation of Alevi syncretism by examining historical facts and religious interactions. By understanding how Alevis adapted various cultural, religious and social phenomena, and ... -
From feminine writing to feminine painting
(Bilkent University, 2006)This thesis derives form Hélène Cixous’ conception of “l’écriture féminine”. Using this concept, art works created by Marina Abramovic and Tracey Emin were analyzed. In relation to the concept of “l’écriture féminine”, ... -
From space to cyberspace: a review of the current literature on the emerging cyberspace culture and the ways it affects the human identity, experience and interaction
(Bilkent University, 2000)This work aims at describing the changing conditions for the human subject due to technology and more recently due to the information technology. Exploring the changing perceptions of self in the urban space and ... -
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 ... -
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' ... -
Graphic images: visual intervention within the architectural environment
(Bilkent University, 1993)The intention of this study is to analyze the role of visual communication systems made up of graphic images within the human-space communication framework. The information content of the man-made environment is examined ... -
Graphics on vehicles: a survey on application of graphics on three dimensional products
(Bilkent University, 1994)In this study, the reasons that led to the necessities of applications of graphics on three dimensional products and their application types are investigated. Vehicles are selected as an example group to analyze the ... -
Half asleep, winded losses : a visual survey on photography, memory and meaning
(Bilkent University, 2012)As!Henry! Bergson! points! out,!memory!images! that!we! have! stored!in! our! minds! throughout!our!lives! trigger!our!past!experiences!and!help! form! the! moment! we! live! in. This! thesis! is! an! attempt! to challenge! ... -
Hero vs antihero: spatial form and the graphic novel
(Bilkent University, 1997)This study attempts to investigate the relations between the formal aspects of the contemporary graphic novel and the fictional character portrayed within these works. The transformation of the comics form into the graphic ...
