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Venus with a Mirror (1555) by Titian. Body image is a person's thoughts, feelings and perception of the aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body. [1] [2] The concept of body image is used in several disciplines, including neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, philosophy, cultural and feminist studies; the media also often uses the term.
Each of these varies with the subject; for example, images of the three Supreme deities, Bramā, Vishnu and Śiva are required to be formed according to the set of proportions collectively called the uttama-daśa-tāla measurement; similarly, the malhyama-daśa-tāla is prescribed for images of the principal Śaktis (goddesses), Lakshmi, Bhūmi ...
Body painting is a form of body art where artwork is painted directly onto the human skin. Unlike tattoos and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, lasting several hours or sometimes up to a few weeks (in the case of mehndi or "henna tattoos" about two weeks). Body painting that is limited to the face is known as face painting ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Lossy compression method for reducing the size of digital images For other uses, see JPEG (disambiguation). "JPG" and "Jpg" redirect here. For other uses, see JPG (disambiguation). JPEG A photo of a European wildcat with the compression rate, and associated losses, decreasing from left ...
Bourdieu examined how the elite in society define the aesthetic values like taste and how varying levels of exposure to these values can result in variations by class, cultural background, and education. [22] According to Kant, beauty is subjective and universal; thus certain things are beautiful to everyone. [23]
The Concept of the Aesthetic; Aesthetics entry in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Philosophy of Aesthetics entry in the Philosophy Archive; Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges: Introduction to Aesthetics; Art Perception Complete pdf version of art historian David Cycleback's
Background noise; Background radiation, the natural radiation that is always present in a location Background (astronomy), small amounts of light coming from otherwise dark parts of the sky; Cosmic background (disambiguation) Gravitational wave background; X-ray background; Background process, software that is running but not being displayed