Browsing Dept. of Graphic Design - Master's degree by Title
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Icon-form : the differential logic of aniconism in Islamic tradition
(Bilkent University, 2001)This study aims to analyse the perception of the icons and figural representation in the Islamic tradition in the framework of fetishism. Following debates of fetishism, a new concept, icon-form will be proposed in order ... -
Illustrated children's books in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 1991)The aim of this study is to offer a product which will constitute a visual alternative and a supportive report by combining my own creativity with the views of thp experts who have wide experience in this area. -
The impulsive effects created by the use of color on food and beverage packages: their relations with the symbolic meanings of foods and beverages
(Bilkent University, 1994)The intention of this study is to aiialyze the role of symbolic meanings and physical attributes of foods and beverages reflected by the use of color on their packages in the creation process of impulsive effects. -
Infidelity in married couples as a subject of the leading Turkish cartoon magazines between 1938-2003
(Bilkent University, 2004)This thesis examines the leading Turkish cartoon magazines, outlining how cartoons reflect “infidelity” in content, style and way of representation, in the light of sociology, psychology and graphic design. -
The intertextual circulation: image travelling in consumer culture
(Bilkent University, 1993)The aim of the present study is to examine certain characteristics of image travelling in consumer culture through various means and forms of media. Therefore, at the first attempt the relationship and interaction between ... -
An investigation of the relation among religious, aesthetic and power representations in sacred art using the examples of Tibetan Buddhist thanka paintings and Orthodox Christian icons
(Bilkent University, 1998)The aim of this study is to investigate the relation among religious, aesthetic and power representations in Tibetan Buddhist thankas and Orthodox Christian icons because of the sharp differences between the two religions. ... -
Islamic art and ornamentation: Reflections on the study of art from Alois Riegl to Ernst Gombrich and beyond
(Bilkent University, 2000)In this study certain arguments about two different but related phenomena are presented: Islamic art and ornamentation. The problem of maintaining a relevant definition for both cases is emphasized by giving examples ... -
Jean-Luc Godard in Sixties: A Sociological reading of sexuality and politics in the New Wave cinema
(Bilkent University, 2000)This study aims to investigate the representation of sexuality in Jean-Luc Godard’s early movies in order to understand the figuration of femininity as well as masculinity in cinema politically. Being in a specific ... -
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 ... -
Land art on the border between topology and atopology
(Bilkent University, 2009)The purpose of this study is to discuss the Land Art movement from a topological and atopological perspective. In order to establish an extensive understanding of the matters of topology and atopology, Arkady Plotnitsky’s ... -
Language, origin and mimesis : a particular reading of the relationship between word and image
(Bilkent University, 2004)In the historical affinity of West, language has always been ‘erected’ as a construct of Idea (sign/presence/speech/logos). In this ‘logocentric teleology’ (Derrida), opposition between nature and institution, play of ... -
Looking through the printmaking : site specific screenprint
(Bilkent University, 2006)The aim of this study is to explore the possibilities of how the surface of the background affects the foreground, which is the image of my face. When viewing an image produced by the printmaking process it can be seen ... -
Mapping out socio-cultural transformations through food packaging design in Turkey : a case study
(Bilkent University, 2005)Exploration of the impact of socio-cultural transformations in the development of food packaging design and brand identity in Turkey, in the post-1980 period, is the focus of this research. Accordingly, this thesis ... -
Mapping the body: major conceptions of human embodiment from the West
(Bilkent University, 1998)Within the humanistic and social sciences of the western world, the human body, the state of being embodied, and the indelible interrelatedness of mind and the body have long been neglected in favour of the mind that is ... -
On the relationship between images and words and their relation to body and perception
(Bilkent University, 2012)Prehistoric man created a mark and throughout the history this mark evolved and bifurcated into two: a word and an image. While images were cherished, words were set apart from images. This thesis attempts to look at ... -
Performing the body : a corporeal site
(Bilkent University, 2003)This thesis documents a process through which the body was realized as it exceeds its formal unity and becomes integrated with the space. It includes works of art produced during the process. Concepts of vision and figure ... -
Photography as the writing of light
(Bilkent University, 2000)The purpose of this study is to investigate certain critical approaches to photography and to try to make a re-reading of photographic images, with pursuing some of the reading strategies that French philosopher ... -
Photography in architectural periodicals : formulating a typology for the use of a single photographic image per building
(Bilkent University, 1993)The intention of this study is to analyze the interrelationship of photography and architecture, especially within the framework of architectural periodicals. A research is carried on how architectural experience is ... -
Photography in digital environment: changing visual concepts in the photographic system and its impacts on photojournalism
(Bilkent University, 1997)The aim of this study is to discuss the changes in visual concepts o f the photographic system, due to the widespread use o f digital imaging technologies and the impacts of these changes on photojournalism. In this ... -
Pictorial space: a comparative account of projective versus constructivist theories of graphic perception
(Bilkent University, 1996)This study aims at constructing an 'overall theoretical outline' that would structure the existing approaches to graphic perception within a comprehensible whole. In this context, two dominant theoretical paradigms, namely ...
