This week professor Vesna explained how science and technology has essentially influenced medicine and how they are related to art. Looking back, medical technology has advanced so much from the making of x-rays to CAT scans to MRIs. All three types of technology can be used to study the inside of the human body and see its so called beauty.
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| Many different technologies such as the MRI scanner are used in hospitals to detect abnormalities in the human body. |
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| Plastic surgery has become one of the most lucrative industries in the world due to demand in beauty. |
One possibility created from the advancement in medical technology is plastic surgery, which today is a well known and lucrative business. It sounds crazy that with some money, you can literally pay someone to reconstruct certain body parts. Orlan is one example of many who had cosmetic surgery done. Her objective was to "embody the visions of beauty created by renowned artists". Beauty was now something that could be replicated. In this way, plastic surgery has its own definition of beauty. Finding the correct proportions and size to match one's facial feature is very similar to the painstakingly meticulous steps artists do in order to create art. The distinction between the two is that although all art has its own unique beauty, people are striving to become prettier, to fit into the world's standards of a handsome or pretty individual. People are undergoing the knife in order to follow the trend's of what is classified as "beauty" in the world while each art has its own beauty.
I was actually surprised to find out that plastic surgery has been around since 4000 years ago as I thought it was a more recent application. Professor Vesna explained the aftermath of WWI essentially was the catalyst leading to the booming industry that is plastic surgery. Items such as prosthetic limbs and many other technological innovations were created to help. We see again that creativity was necessary in the development of these machines.
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| 2NE1, one of many different Korean Kpop girl groups have members who are known to have had plastic surgery. |
One obvious area in which plastic surgery is mainstream is in Korea. As I am Korean, I have noticed many different Korean celebrities, especially Korean girl groups all look similar. In fact, when I was younger, I remember being unable to distinguish between the members of a certain group because of how similar they looked. Plastic surgery is a very huge thing in Korea as everyone there is trying to get prettier to fit into the looks of "Korean beauty".
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Victoria, Vesna. Medicine pt 1. Youtube. Youtube. 21 Apr. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0M2bOM9Tk
Victoria, Vesna. Medicine pt 2. Youtube. Youtube. 21 Apr. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psjnQarHOqQ
Victoria, Vesna. Medicine pt 3. Youtube. Youtube. 22 Apr. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psjnQarHOqQ
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