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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2020.18.5.455

A Study on the Aesthetics of death in Alexander McQueen's works  

Wang, Xin-yu (Fashion Design, Qingdao University of Technology)
Kim, Hyun-joo (Fashion Merchandise Design, Dankook University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.18, no.5, 2020 , pp. 455-463 More about this Journal
Abstract
This researcher has sorted out the development process of death aesthetics contained in human art through advanced research. This research is a follow-up study of related research, which studies the aesthetic meaning of death in Alexander McQueen's fashion works. This study first classifies the aesthetic characteristics of death, and then analyzes and sorts out the aesthetics of death in Alexander McQueen's clothing works based on this. The results of this study are as follows: first, the aesthetic manifestations of death are divided into three categories: reproducibility, symbolic and religious. Among them, the representation of reproducibility includes the representation of real objects and the representation of virtual objects, and the symbolic performance includes two types of external performance and internal performance. Second, in Alexander McQueen's works, the reproducibility of death was mainly reflected by virtual stage scenes and costumes. Thirdly, the symbolic death is not only reflected in the skeletons and blood etc. directly related to the death of the body, but also in the various emotions and psychological states caused by the death. Fourth, the religious nature of death was represented in Alexander McQueen's works through such representative things as crosses and religious stories.
Keywords
Aesthetics on Death; Symbolism; Reproducibility; Religious Performance; Alexander McQueen;
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