Here is my Ong Timeline (with discussion) and synchronic analysis (below). Some minor formatting was lost in conversion from .docx to .jpg (the color margins shifted) but it shouldn't make a difference in the reading or viewing of the chart.
Leandra, I like the way you arranged your information— it's very easy to follow, and the images are great. Your timeline is interesting in the juxtaposition of makeup and early civilizations. Hieroglyphic conventions always show the human face in profile with the eyes in a frontal position and the makeup prominent, and it’s interesting to note that heavily made-up pictograms formed some of the earliest written communication.
Your observations on makeup predating hieroglyphics make me think of other pre-literate cultures that invested heavily in permanent body decoration to signify royalty (the Maori come to mind). Do you think Egyptian makeup is related to prior notions of status through body decoration? Also—did you ever get a chance to see the PBS special on Arden and Rubenstein (http://www.pbs.org/thepowderandtheglory/)? I think it shows that even modern notions of beauty started from a much different place than what we experience now. It makes me curious just how much our visual technologies of photography and film change the meaning of makeup.
I'm really interested in what you uncover in your research-- Marcy
Thanks, Marcy! I haven't seen the PBS special you mention but I will definitely check it out. Camila, funny you should ask because I had a hard time figuring it out myself and summoned assistance via Facebook. I ended up converting my file to a .jpg, so it was uploadable to the blog (as an image) using neevia.com. Hope this helps:) And my "Works Cited" for the chart was Ong and my own studies.
I like the way that you presented your information. I particularly like the list of theorists. I would like to see your works cited list.
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ReplyDeleteI like the way you arranged your information— it's very easy to follow, and the images are great.
Your timeline is interesting in the juxtaposition of makeup and early civilizations. Hieroglyphic conventions always show the human face in profile with the eyes in a frontal position and the makeup prominent, and it’s interesting to note that heavily made-up pictograms formed some of the earliest written communication.
Your observations on makeup predating hieroglyphics make me think of other pre-literate cultures that invested heavily in permanent body decoration to signify royalty (the Maori come to mind). Do you think Egyptian makeup is related to prior notions of status through body decoration?
Also—did you ever get a chance to see the PBS special on Arden and Rubenstein (http://www.pbs.org/thepowderandtheglory/)? I think it shows that even modern notions of beauty started from a much different place than what we experience now. It makes me curious just how much our visual technologies of photography and film change the meaning of makeup.
I'm really interested in what you uncover in your research--
Marcy
Thanks, Marcy! I haven't seen the PBS special you mention but I will definitely check it out. Camila, funny you should ask because I had a hard time figuring it out myself and summoned assistance via Facebook. I ended up converting my file to a .jpg, so it was uploadable to the blog (as an image) using neevia.com. Hope this helps:) And my "Works Cited" for the chart was Ong and my own studies.
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