The embodiment of perfection

This project titled The Embodiment of Perfection examine tools and products used in various cultures and at different times to achieve beauty standards and explores the different rationales behind such beauty standards. Such objects, tools or products, may leave significant side effects when used on...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goh, Ye Ling
Other Authors: Oh Soon-Hwa
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63282
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
Description
Summary:This project titled The Embodiment of Perfection examine tools and products used in various cultures and at different times to achieve beauty standards and explores the different rationales behind such beauty standards. Such objects, tools or products, may leave significant side effects when used on the human body, even if some of them are still used daily. The Embodiment of Perfection highlights the risks people, especially women, have to face to reach the ultimate perfection in beauty. Scientific studies (Feng, 2002) have shown that humans are inherently attracted to beautiful things, making it important for both men and women to make themselves visually appealing to others. Today, more people seeking their own ideal beauty and perfection are undergoing body modifications according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, making it a distinct difference from the ancient civilizations where beauty standards not only signified the ideals at that point in time, but symbolize the different societal standings of those who have gone through them as well (Andriani, 2012).