Browsing Dept. of Graphic Design - Master's degree by Title
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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 ... -
Printed advertisement and web advertisement : a comparative study on design characteristics of both media
(Bilkent University, 2005)This thesis compares two forms of media advertising; printed advertising and advertising designed for the web, and covers the elements of design, the principles of design, and the experimental design aspects of the two ... -
The problems of visual representation of cities in present day Turkey
(Bilkent University, 1997)The intention of this study is to examine the visual representational structure of the present day Turkish cities and their relation to the social and cultural condition. The intention is to define the problematic of the ... -
The pure possibility of Immanuel Kant's aesthetics
(Bilkent University, 2006)This study aims at evaluating the aesthetic views of Immanuel Kant. The experience of the beautiful and that of the sublime are discussed. The experience of the beautiful is analysed with respect to the faculties of ... -
Quiz shows and Turkish television: a study of visual impact and social structure
(Bilkent University, 1994)The aim of the study is to define the specific visual and social environment which builds up the popularity of television quiz shows in Turkey. The visual structures of the quiz shows, the symbols within them and the ... -
Rave as carnival
(Bilkent University, 2003)In this work I consider contemporary techno-rave parties with regard to their philosophical and cultural origins. Proceeding from Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of carnival, I analyze contemporary rave scene through its precious ... -
Reading product de(sign): an inquiry into discursive aspects of design culture
(Bilkent University, 1996)Every design can be considered as an expression, and every expression conveys meanings to the receiver, of different sorts. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the ways of meaning production and consumption through the ... -
Remediating the data : a study on the interactive dimensions in new media
(Bilkent University, 2005)This thesis analyses the role of interface in altering perception and customizing interaction in new media. It comprehends the correlation of theory and practice while probing into the current debate by means of examples ...
