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Aesthetics and Art Studies Lab
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The lab examines photography and moving images from the perspective of aesthetics.
AboutAbout the lab
Examining photography and moving images through aesthetics
Associate Professor Nobuhiro Masuda studies the history and theory of photography, as well as visual culture and moving-image media, from the standpoint of aesthetics and art studies.
The lab works on historical and theoretical research that treats photography as a science and technology, and on historical and theoretical examination of visual culture and moving-image media.
It also examines matters related to media art and bio art from the perspectives of aesthetics and the theory of sensibility (kansei).
Key terms
- Visual culture studies
- A field that considers things seen with the eyes, such as paintings, photographs, and moving images, as culture
- Theory of sensibility (kansei)
- An approach that considers art and experience by taking senses and ways of feeling as its starting point
- Bio art
- Artistic expression that uses materials and technologies related to living organisms and life
ResearchResearch themes
Associate Professor Nobuhiro Masuda studies the history and theory of photography, as well as visual culture and moving-image media, from the standpoint of aesthetics and art studies. Research keywords include the theory of sensibility (kansei), visual culture, (bio) media art, and design theory.
*Illustrative imageHistory and theory of photography as a science and technology
The lab considers the history and theory of photography as a science and technology. It works on the history and theory of photography from the standpoint of aesthetics and art studies.
*Illustrative imageHistory and theory of visual culture and moving-image media
The lab considers visual culture and moving-image media in terms of both history and theory. It works on visual culture studies and moving-image media studies from the standpoint of aesthetics and art studies.
*Illustrative imageAesthetics of media art and bio art
The lab examines matters related to media art and bio art from the perspectives of aesthetics and the theory of sensibility (kansei).
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorNobuhiro Masuda
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Yerevan, Art store, Art gallery, Photography store, Photography exhibition, Armenia” Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- History and theory of photography as a science and technology: “Susse Frères Daguerreotype camera 1839” Liudmila & Nelson / CC0 (cropped)
- History and theory of visual culture and moving-image media: “Museum of Precinema - magic lantern slides and optical toys” Curtain21 (talk) / Public domain (cropped)
- Aesthetics of media art and bio art: “Petri Dish with HEK293 (NIH BioArt 653)” Courtesy of NIAID Ryan Kissinger / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Aesthetics and Art Studies (Nobuhiro Masuda) Lab): “Bio atelier at Mori Art Museum” Igbofur / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Media Art Lab): “-App-for-interactive-Installations” Einsgoeins / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Media Art Lab (Kazuhiro Jo)): “Captured, immersive installation by Hanna Haaslahti, 2021” Tomumaja / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sculpture Lab): “023 Wood Carving ( )” Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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