Week 1_Creative Practice and Critical Thinking
What does discussing beauty mean? Is aesthetics a factor? Or is it about anything that serves as a substance to satisfy our want for recognition and display? In any case, I believe it would be far more obvious to view beauty as a commercial component rather than as an academic field that belongs with the humanities.
This is because beauty had fashion of developed, managed by the ruling class of the society. Therefore, beauty has a very large social meaning that it can define the cultural atmosphere of a certain community and is the main driver of this trend, having the power to determine ugliness and beauty while creating trends.
That's Characterizing trends of material said beauty promotes the idea that preventing and controlling human skin ageing is a superior condition for individuals. This is even more so in the information age, where it is easy to not recognize human ageing as a natural process of growth and to make the elderly a backward part of society.
Therefore, my final point is that, regardless of how beneficial or detrimental they may be to people's lives, we should never forget that the cosmetic ads of fair-skinned models that are promoted in the media, the white and clear skin displayed on social media, etc., are merely business tactics. Also, as an individual majoring in the arts, I would reflect on the need for us to have a sense of duty to not incite negative influences when it comes to the impact of new trends on society and the individuals who will be swept up in them.
73% of Women Feel That Advertising Still Sets an Unrealistic Standard of Beauty | LBBOnline
US, E. (2024, July 15). 73% of women feel that advertising still sets an unrealistic standard of beauty: LBBOnline. edition. https://lbbonline.com/news/73-of-women-feel-that-advertising-still-sets-an-unrealistic-standard-of-beauty
