Highlights in Art and Design
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description: Highlights in Art and Design (HIAAD) is a peer-reviewed journal published by Darcy & Roy Press. The mission of the journal is to provide an academic forum for discussing, sharing and disseminating the issues of art and design across the world. All articles published are rigorously and fast reviewed meeting the Journal Quality standards. HIAAD is indexed by CNKI since 1 January 2024.
publisher: Darcy & Roy Press
language: en
publication name: Highlights in Art and Design
issn: 2957-8787
items: Exploration of Digital Intelligence Inheritance of Jingdezhen Ceramic Intangible Cultural Heritage from the Perspective of Cultural and Tourism Integration
items: Research on Tactile Experience Based on Expectation Effects and Material Perception
items: The Application Boundaries and Optimization of Emotional Design Theory in Products for the Elderly
items: Comparative Study on Visual Culture Gene of Embroidery in Daye of Eastern Hubei and Embroidery in Jianghan and Jingzhou
items: Modern Translation Mechanism of Tiger-Head Shoes and Hats in Textile Design from the Perspective of Cultural DNA
items: Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Campus Space Characteristics in New University Campuses in Northeast China: A Case Study of Shenyang Jianzhu University Hunnan Campus
items: A Comparative Study on the Technical Characteristics of Hubei's "Dabu" (Coarse Cloth)
items: Aesthetic Self-Awareness in Ming-Qing Portrait Painting at the Sino-Western Crossroads
items: Vision and Order: A Study of Gombrich's Theory of Design Psychology
items: Research on Traditional Darkrooms and Processes
items: The Paradox of Self-Disintegration: On Yu Dafu's Protagonist's "Forgetfulness" Strategy and the Crisis of Modernity Identity
items: Research on the path of Integrated Development of Culture and Tourism in Shenyang Empowered by AI
items: Honey, Celluloid, and Haptic Time: The Slow-Media Practice in Alice Rohrwacher's Cinema
items: On the Void-Reality and Field of Contemporary Oil Painting Language from the Perspective of Chinese Time-Space View
items: Design of Wuhan Regional Cultural IP Image for "Chu Culture Figures"
items: On the Influence of High-Footed Furniture on the Forms of Porcelain Wine-Pouring Vessels
items: Transforming Nostalgia Marketing with Generative AI: A Review of China’s Mobile Gaming Market
items: The Emotional Economy in Social Media Platforms: An Analysis of Algorithm-Driven User Engagement and Commercial Value
items: Cross-Cultural Communication Effects of Chinese Short Videos: Influencing Factors and Optimization Strategies
items: Scripted Role-Playing Games and Emotional Deficit among Contemporary Chinese Youth
items: Innovative Strategies and Practices in Brand Image Design and Marketing in the Digital Era
items: Expanding the Concept of “Theatricality” in Site-Specific Theatre: From Spatial Definition and Temporal Perception to Transformations in Performance Forms
items: Innovative Path of Visual Communication Design for Urban Cultural, Sports and Tourism Integration Projects from the Perspective of Immersive Experience
items: Analysis of the Performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Pastoral" Piano Sonata
items: Teaching Research Design of Guzheng "Fighting the Typhoon"
items: The Return of “Aura” and the Carnival of “Simulacra” A Dialectic of Imagery in the Post-Digital Era
items: Examining the Realistic Orientation in Chinese Opera Stage Performance Through Hong Kong and Taiwan Huangmei Opera Films
items: Strategies of Architectural Landscape Design Based on the Concept of Carbon Neutrality
items: Image Expression and Aesthetic Reconstruction in Digital Media Art in the Intelligent Era
items: Keats's Ethical Poetics between Jakobson and de Man: Non-Egotism, Negative Capability, and the Poetic Function

Exploration of Digital Intelligence Inheritance of Jingdezhen Ceramic Intangible Cultural Heritage from the Perspective of Cultural and Tourism Integration
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description: Against the backdrop of the in-depth integration of culture and tourism, the inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) are embracing new opportunities as well as challenges. As one of the first entries inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the ceramic ICH of Jingdezhen has been incorporated into the key projects of the national cultural digitization strategy, which necessitates breaking its development bottlenecks by virtue of culture-tourism integration and digital technologies. Taking Jingdezhen’s ceramic ICH as the research subject, this paper focuses on the core transformation of ICH from static exhibition to digital-intelligent inheritance. Based on the innovative practices of typical cultural-tourism scenarios such as in Taoxichuan, the Imperial Kiln Museum, Sanbao Village and Letian Market, it analyzes the coordinated development of culture-tourism integration and ceramic ICH, explores the paths and modes of ICH’s digital-intelligent inheritance empowered by digital technologies, and thus provides a reference for the sustainable development of handicraft-based ICH industries.
subject: Articles
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subject: Cultural and Tourism Integration
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subject: Jingdezhen Ceramics
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subject: Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Culture
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subject: Digital and Intelligent Inheritance
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creator: Wenyan Zhao
creator: Yutong Liu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-25
publication date: 2025-12-25
starting page: 75
ending page: 79
doi: 10.54097/0tray791

Research on Tactile Experience Based on Expectation Effects and Material Perception
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description: In recent years, research on human sensory experiences has received widespread attention in design, with tactile experience being an important component of these sensory experiences. The tactile feedback that humans can perceive mainly includes vibration, texture, temperature, and pressure. On one hand, in real experiential design, using the differences between tactile and visual experiences has become an important strategy to create a sense of surprise. On the other hand, tactile experience is closely related to the material of the product itself, with designers focusing on the physical properties, emotional characteristics, and implicit traits of materials when making material choices. This paper will conduct an in-depth exploration of tactile experiences from the perspectives of visual-tactile differences under expectation effects and various material characteristics, providing important references for designers in product design.
subject: Articles
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subject: Sensory Experiences
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subject: Tactile
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subject: Material Selection
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subject: Material Perception
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creator: Zhuan Zhou
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-25
publication date: 2025-12-25
starting page: 70
ending page: 74
doi: 10.54097/k7yy7b21

The Application Boundaries and Optimization of Emotional Design Theory in Products for the Elderly
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description: At present, the number of individuals aged 60 and above in China has exceeded 310 million, with the silver-hair market size projected to surpass 8.8 trillion yuan by 2025.Elderly consumption is experiencing rapid growth, and emotional design, as a core theoretical pillar in the field of user experience, is crucial for the design of products tailored to the elderly. However, during implementation, issues such as the separation of functionality and emotion, and insufficient alignment with user needs often arise. Utilizing Donald Norman's hierarchical theory of emotional design and considering the physical and psychological characteristics of elderly users, this paper comprehensively examines current practices and fundamental limitations in the emotional design of products for the elderly. These limitations include boundary conditions of functional elements, boundary characteristics of user groups, ethical constraints, and cost-benefit relationships. Through analysis of diverse practical cases, a targeted improvement framework is constructed to establish an implementation framework and theoretical system that synergizes functional optimization and emotional empowerment in products for the elderly.
subject: Articles
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subject: Products for the Elderly
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subject: Emotional Design Theory
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subject: Elderly Consumption
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subject: Donald Norman's Hierarchical Theory
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creator: Linxuan Li
creator: Yuxuan Liu
creator: Shuangyi Zhang
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-23
publication date: 2025-12-23
starting page: 66
ending page: 69
doi: 10.54097/wnnpvj50

Comparative Study on Visual Culture Gene of Embroidery in Daye of Eastern Hubei and Embroidery in Jianghan and Jingzhou
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description: Daye embroidery from eastern Hubei and folk embroidery from Jingzhou in Jianghan are both important intangible cultural heritages of China, carrying rich regional cultural information, but they differ in visual expression. This study aims to clarify the differences in the visual cultural genes of these two embroideries and why these characteristics have emerged. Through reviewing historical materials and field investigations, the study specifically compares their performances in key aspects such as themes and patterns, craftsmanship techniques, and the application of colors and motifs. The research found that the visual genes of Daye embroidery are rooted in its "mining and metallurgy culture" background, presenting robust, pragmatic, and orderly aesthetic traits. The patterns are mostly geometric and abstract, the colors are vibrant and full, and the compositions emphasize symmetry and balance, reflecting the logical legacy of industrial production. In contrast, Jingzhou embroidery inherits the mysterious, romantic, and lively genes of "rice-cultivating Chu culture," with patterns dominated by mythological motifs and natural imagery, colors that are ancient and elegant, and compositions that pursue fluidity and rhythm, embodying the life philosophy of agrarian civilization. This difference is essentially a profound imprint of the distinct geographical environments, economic forms, social structures, and belief systems of the two regions on visual culture. This study provides a typical sample for understanding the internal diversity of Hubei's regional culture and offers theoretical basis for the differentiated protection and innovative transformation of these two types of intangible cultural heritage.
subject: Articles
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subject: Daye Embroidery
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subject: Jingzhou Folk Embroidery
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subject: Visual Culture Gene
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subject: Comparative Study
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subject: Folk Art
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creator: Ting Yun
creator: Yuanyuan He
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-25
publication date: 2025-12-25
starting page: 60
ending page: 65
doi: 10.54097/f72qgz53

Modern Translation Mechanism of Tiger-Head Shoes and Hats in Textile Design from the Perspective of Cultural DNA
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description: As a quintessential representation of Chinese folk art, tiger-head shoes and hats embody cultural connotations of blessing and warding off evil, alongside exquisite craftsmanship. Their cultural DNA, encompassing symbolic forms, color systems, and artisanal wisdom, provides abundant creative resources for modern textile design. This paper adopts the cultural DNA theory as its core perspective. Through a combination of literature review, case analysis, and design practice, it systematically examines the composition of the cultural DNA of tiger-head shoes and hats. It analyzes the practical challenges and core demands in their modern translation within textile design, constructing a four-stage translation mechanism of “DNA Extraction – Semantic Decoding – Design Reconstruction – Application Realization.” The feasibility and effectiveness of this mechanism are validated through design practice. This research aims to provide theoretical support and practical pathways for the modern design transformation of traditional folk art, promoting the enhancement of cultural depth and innovative development in textile design.
subject: Articles
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subject: Tiger-head Shoes and Hats
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subject: Cultural DNA
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subject: Textile Design
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subject: Modern Translation
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subject: Mechanism Construction
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creator: Yating Lu
creator: Yunxiu Wu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-25
publication date: 2025-12-25
starting page: 56
ending page: 59
doi: 10.54097/93h6m646

Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Campus Space Characteristics in New University Campuses in Northeast China: A Case Study of Shenyang Jianzhu University Hunnan Campus
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description: After the year 2000, Chinese higher education entered a new round of integration and expansion. During this period, a large number of emerging universities and new campuses were established across the country. The northeast region of China also made significant progress in this wave. The construction of Shenyang Jianzhu University Hunnan campus is one such exemplary case. Using the post-occupancy evaluation (POE) method, this paper systematically evaluates the campus space from the perspectives of planning characteristics, external environment, and architectural space, from the users' viewpoint, to summarize design experiences and address existing shortcomings. The campus layout concept is unique, with distinct design features such as "harmony between architecture, environment, and people," "warm corridors," and "sustainability." However, issues such as poor building orientation and "pendulum-like" activity patterns exist. The analysis of these advantages and disadvantages can serve as a reference for campus renewal and construction in cold regions of Northeast China.
subject: Articles
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subject: Northeast China
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subject: Campus Space
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subject: Post-occupancy Evaluation
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subject: Cold Climate Architectural Design
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subject: Shenyang Jianzhu University
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creator: Yu Tian
creator: Chun Weng
creator: Yiling Chen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-16
publication date: 2025-12-16
starting page: 48
ending page: 55
doi: 10.54097/f6pa2n72

A Comparative Study on the Technical Characteristics of Hubei's "Dabu" (Coarse Cloth)
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description: As outstanding representatives of traditional cotton textile techniques in Hubei Province, the Hong'an Dabu and Zaoyang coarse cloth making techniques carry the genetic code of Jingchu farming civilization. Taking the two "Dabu" techniques as research objects, this paper adopts literature research, field investigation and comparative analysis methods to conduct a systematic comparison from five dimensions: historical origin, technological process, core techniques, artistic expression and inheritance mode. The study finds that Hong'an Dabu technique is characterized by complicated processes and infiltration of revolutionary culture, while Zaoyang coarse cloth is distinguished by streamlined procedures and diverse patterns. Both share the technical foundation of Hubei's cotton textile industry and form unique features due to regional cultural differences. Finally, the paper proposes an inheritance path of "technical mutual learning + cultural empowerment + design innovation", providing theoretical support for the modern transformation of Hubei's traditional textile techniques.
subject: Articles
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subject: Hubei Dabu
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subject: Hong'an Dabu
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subject: Zaoyang Coarse Cloth
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subject: Technical Characteristics
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subject: Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Inheritance
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creator: Dantong Liu
creator: Yuanyuan He
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-16
publication date: 2025-12-16
starting page: 44
ending page: 47
doi: 10.54097/t9yr1t75

Aesthetic Self-Awareness in Ming-Qing Portrait Painting at the Sino-Western Crossroads
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description: During the Ming–Qing period, the arrival of European missionaries introduced Chinese eyes to Western naturalism—an idiom of precise anatomy, linear perspective and chiaroscuro. The new visual order posed an immediate perceptual shock and an aesthetic challenge to China’s long-standing portrait tradition. Yet at this historic cross-cultural juncture Chinese portraiture did not capitulate to wholesale Westernisation; instead it displayed a robust cultural agency and capacity for adaptive self-reinvention. This essay argues that physiognomic visuality—xiangshu, a correlative science that reads the face as a micro-cosmos of fate—functioned as a crucial “cultural buffer” and “aesthetic ballast.” By comparing the philosophical foundations, observational protocols, conceptualisations of form and evaluative criteria that separate Chinese from Western portraiture, the study demonstrates how physiognomic culture shaped and consolidated the indigenous yixiang (image-as-concept) paradigm. Within its framework painters could dialogue with the Western “scientific realist” system while safeguarding and further developing a native aesthetics centred on qiyun shengdong (spirit-resonance), gufa yongbi (bone-method brushwork) and chuanshen xieyi (expressive transmission of spirit). Taking the writings of Matteo Ricci, Zou Yigui and Shen Zongqian as points of departure, and integrating the syncretic practice of Zeng Jing’s “Bochen” school with Ren Bonian’s modernist turn, the paper reveals how late-imperial portraitists metabolised foreign influences within a physiognomic horizon, effecting a creative transformation premised on “Chinese learning as substance, Western learning as application.” Revisiting this episode of cultural self-awareness offers critical historical insight into China’s artistic path to modernity and into the construction of contemporary cultural confidence.
subject: Articles
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subject: Cultural Self-awareness
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subject: Image-as-concept (yixiang)
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subject: Ming-Qing Portrait Painting
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subject: Physiognomy (Xiangshu)
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subject: Sino-Western comparison
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subject: Scientific Realism
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creator: Jiang Hu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-11
publication date: 2025-12-11
starting page: 39
ending page: 43
doi: 10.54097/hqyksv18

Vision and Order: A Study of Gombrich's Theory of Design Psychology
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description: The visual effects of a design are influenced not only by objective factors such as texture and color, but also by subjective factors of the viewer, such as familiarity and taste. Gombrich identifies some explanations from the internal mechanisms of vision to illustrate the basic responses of vision to patterns (forms). He combines the design principle of 'framing and filling' with the notion of the limited perceptual capacity of the visual center to analyze the mechanism of visual perception, and also demonstrates the role of vague vision in forming the overall impression of patterns. In addition, through the study of the sense of order, interruption mechanisms, redundancy, and continuity mechanisms, he analyzes how visual mechanisms affect the impact of patterns. These theories provide new perspectives for understanding the creation and appreciation of visual art and offer theoretical guidance for the practice of pattern design and decorative art.
subject: Articles
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subject: Design Psychology
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subject: Gombrich
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subject: Visual Mechanism
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subject: Sense of Order
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creator: Jin Li
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-04
publication date: 2025-12-04
starting page: 34
ending page: 38
doi: 10.54097/3tshpp43

Research on Traditional Darkrooms and Processes
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description: This study conducts a systematic exploration of traditional darkrooms and their technical processes, tracing the historical evolution, dissecting core operational principles, and revaluing their artistic and cultural significance in the digital age. Originating with the 1839 invention of the daguerreotype process, traditional darkroom technology underwent iterative advancements through the wet collodion era (1850s) and the maturation of dry plate techniques, gradually forming a sophisticated system encompassing light control, chemical processing, and manual manipulation. At the technical core lies the precise regulation of photochemical reactions: light-sensitive silver halide emulsions on film form latent images upon exposure, which are then developed into visible negative images via reducing agents in developer solutions, stabilized through fixing with sodium thiosulfate to remove unexposed halides, and ultimately transformed into positive prints using enlargers with controlled exposure and local dodging/burning techniques. Beyond mere technical operation, darkrooms evolved into creative spaces where photographers shaped tonal gradation, contrast, and texture—exemplified by masters like Ansel Adams—establishing an irreplaceable role in the transition of photography from scientific experiment to independent art form. While digital imaging technologies since the late 20th century have marginalized traditional practices, contemporary artists and educators have reignited interest in darkroom processes, emphasizing their unique haptic quality, irreproducibility, and educational value in elucidating photography’s foundational principles. This research confirms that traditional darkrooms, as repositories of photochemical knowledge and artistic craftsmanship, continue to serve as a critical link between photography’s historical roots and its modern creative landscape, offering alternative perspectives on sustainability and artistic authenticity amid digital saturation.
subject: Articles
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subject: Traditional Darkroom
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subject: Photochemical Process
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subject: Analog Photography
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subject: Artistic Authenticity
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subject: Digital Age Revival
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creator: Wenjie Wan
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-01
publication date: 2025-12-01
starting page: 30
ending page: 33
doi: 10.54097/yxbkhv21

The Paradox of Self-Disintegration: On Yu Dafu's Protagonist's "Forgetfulness" Strategy and the Crisis of Modernity Identity
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description: This article aims to go beyond the traditional interpretation mode that simply regards the "forgetfulness" behavior in Yu Dafu's novels as decadence or pathology, and redefine it as an active survival strategy adopted by an objective subject in the predicament of modernity identity. By integrating Nietzsche's "active forgetting" theory, Althusser's "summoning" theory and Lacan's mirror theory, this article holds that the protagonists in Yu Dafu's works attempt to disintegrate the social self through "forgetful" behaviors such as alcoholism, indulgence and being intoxicated by nature, and try to explore a true self in a roundabout way. This is to evade the deviation from the ideal subject position promised by the new cultural ideology initiated by the May Fourth Movement. This survival strategy was ultimately proven to be ineffective and paradoxical, leading to the complete dispersion of its subjectivity. This article thereby reveals the profound modernity predicament faced by individuals in latecomer modernity countries.
subject: Articles
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subject: Yu Dafu Forgetfulness
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subject: Survival Strategy
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subject: Modernity Subjectivity Identity Crisis
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creator: Yuguan Han
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 129
ending page: 137
doi: 10.54097/p7kgch51

Research on the path of Integrated Development of Culture and Tourism in Shenyang Empowered by AI
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description: Against the backdrop of the in-depth implementation of the Digital China strategy and the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology,AI is emerging as a key enabler of deeper integration between culture and tourism. This article takes Shenyang City as the research object, combining its rich historical and cultural resources, red cultural genes and ethnic intangible cultural heritage characteristics, to explore how AI technology can empower the high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry. By analyzing the application practices of AI in content creation, intelligent navigation, digital exhibitions, and precise marketing, and combining with the existing cultural and tourism resources in Shenyang, a new form of integrated development of culture and tourism is created, aiming to provide theoretical support and practical paths for Shenyang to build itself into an international cultural and tourism destination in Northeast Asia.
subject: Articles
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Integration of Culture and Tourism
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subject: Precision Marketing
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creator: Dongyi Wang
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 126
ending page: 128
doi: 10.54097/ekc2wj41

Honey, Celluloid, and Haptic Time: The Slow-Media Practice in Alice Rohrwacher's Cinema
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description: This paper focuses on the films of Alice Rohrwacher, proposing that her constructed aesthetics of slowness, built upon "haptic time" and "material decay," confronts capitalist acceleration logic from an eco-feminist perspective. The study reveals how the director deconstructs technological hegemony through tremulous images and exposes the myth of digital cleanliness via media corruption. This aesthetics offers a "poetics of vulnerability" for the ecological turn in cinema, exploring new possibilities for film as a multispecies mnemonic medium.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Aesthetics of Slowness
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subject: Haptic Time
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subject: Women Directors
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creator: Jianping Liu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-26
publication date: 2025-11-26
starting page: 26
ending page: 29
doi: 10.54097/rw086582

On the Void-Reality and Field of Contemporary Oil Painting Language from the Perspective of Chinese Time-Space View
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description: The issue of localization of contemporary oil painting requires a breakthrough in aesthetic ontology. Instead of focusing on formal grafting, this paper combines China's traditional cosmic view of "unity of time and space" to study the contemporary interpretive power and value potential of "vivid charm". Based on this idea, the paper strives to integrate the core ideas of Chinese classical painting theory with specific artistic creation practices, transform them into the ontological language of contemporary oil painting, and connect and integrate the three core concepts of time-space, charm, and void-reality. It also summarizes operable creative approaches such as arranging void to accumulate qi, guiding qi to form momentum, and endowing life to enter the realm, constructing a painting field that can perfectly present the sense of time continuity and life rhythm.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Vivid Charm
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subject: Time-space View
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subject: Oil Painting Language
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subject: Void-reality
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subject: Field
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subject: Contemporary Construction
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creator: Xianghua Liu
creator: Fengzhen Zheng
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-26
publication date: 2025-11-26
starting page: 21
ending page: 25
doi: 10.54097/dhwg8641

Design of Wuhan Regional Cultural IP Image for "Chu Culture Figures"
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description: Wuhan has a long and profound cultural history, as well as unique artistic charm. With the development and progress of the times and society, more and more people are gaining a deeper understanding of Wuhan's regional culture. As a central city in Central China, the emergence of Wuhan's regional IP image is conducive to promoting the city's unique culture externally, thereby fostering the better development of tourism in Central China and enhancing China's cultural confidence. This paper aims to provide references for the design and development of IP images and products themed around "Wuhan" through the investigation and research on the regional cultural IP images of Wuhan, Hubei Province.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Design of Wuhan Regional Culture
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subject: Intellectual Property Image Design
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subject: Cultural and Creative Products
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creator: Bo Lu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-26
publication date: 2025-11-26
starting page: 17
ending page: 20
doi: 10.54097/j4m2d903

On the Influence of High-Footed Furniture on the Forms of Porcelain Wine-Pouring Vessels
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description: Wine-pouring vessels are essential utensils in traditional drinking culture, used for containing, serving, and even admiring wine. From the Wei and Jin periods to the Tang Dynasty, the widespread adoption of high-footed furniture significantly altered the postures and customs associated with drinking in China, leading to transformations in the form, size, and decoration of wine-pouring vessels. By examining paintings from the Wei and Jin to the Tang Dynasty, this study explores changes in drinking postures. In conjunction with excavated porcelain wine-pouring vessels, it argues that the use of high-footed furniture objectively reduced the activity space of diners, prompting the miniaturization of wine-pouring vessels and the emergence of structural features such as spouts and handles.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Wine Culture
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subject: High-footed Furniture
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subject: Communal Dining System
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subject: Sitting Posture
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subject: Porcelain Wine-pouring Vessels
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creator: Chenghao Yu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-26
publication date: 2025-11-26
starting page: 13
ending page: 16
doi: 10.54097/72xbdp29

Transforming Nostalgia Marketing with Generative AI: A Review of China’s Mobile Gaming Market
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description: Nostalgia marketing influences emotional connections to shared past experiences, cultural identities, and collective memories among target audiences to evoke positive engagement. In China's mobile gaming market, this strategy frequently manifests through re-releasing classic games, collaborating with films and television intellectual properties (IPs), and creating content that recreates players' formative gaming experiences. Recent advancements in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) over the past few years have prompted an increasing number of game publishers and developers to use this technology to generate nostalgic content for marketing campaigns. However, prior scholarly discourses have often treated nostalgia marketing and GenAI as distinctive domains. To address this gap, this study employs a narrative review and three case studies to analyze the applications of nostalgia marketing campaigns within the current Chinese mobile gaming market. It demonstrates that GenAI is currently integrating with traditional nostalgia marketing strategies and has the potential to transform existing nostalgia marketing frameworks in mobile gaming. Specifically, GenAI tools offer novel possibilities for conducting nostalgia marketing with greater efficiency, dynamism, and personalization. Consequently, this review aims to demonstrate how generative AI can reshape nostalgia marketing by augmenting its efficiency, diversification, and personalization.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Nostalgia Marketing
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subject: Generative Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Mobile Games
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subject: Consumer Behaviors
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creator: Tianfeng Chen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 119
ending page: 125
doi: 10.54097/sm96bx05

The Emotional Economy in Social Media Platforms: An Analysis of Algorithm-Driven User Engagement and Commercial Value
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description: With the rise of mobile Internet and social media, platforms have transformed emotions into key economic elements through algorithmic redistribution of attention. This study employs theoretical analysis to investigate how algorithmic mechanisms shape user engagement and convert emotions into commercial value within platform economies. The research aims to reveal both the benefits and risks of emotion-driven engagement. Findings indicate that emotionally charged content significantly enhances user stickiness, retention, and monetization through advertising and paid services. However, algorithms act not as neutral tools but as amplifiers of emotional responses, often reinforcing polarization, fostering immersive yet dependency-prone consumption, and generating risks such as the “outrage economy”. While these mechanisms strengthen business models, they also raise ethical, psychological, and societal concerns. The study is limited by reliance on secondary sources, suggesting future empirical and interdisciplinary research is needed to assess long-term impacts and to design governance strategies balancing commercial value with social responsibility.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Emotional Economy
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subject: Algorithmic Recommendation
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subject: Social Media
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subject: User Engagement
  topic: keywords
subject: Platform Governance
  topic: keywords
creator: Jinwei Zhang
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 113
ending page: 118
doi: 10.54097/87aa6f65

Cross-Cultural Communication Effects of Chinese Short Videos: Influencing Factors and Optimization Strategies
type: item
description: With the rise of global short-video platforms, Chinese short videos, due to their concise and interesting content, have developed rapidly in cross-cultural communication worldwide and have become a key medium for the spread of Chinese culture abroad. This paper takes the cross-cultural communication of Chinese short videos as the research object, and through the collation of existing research literature, analyzes its communication effect, influencing factors, and optimization strategies. The research finds that the communication effect of Chinese short videos is affected by multiple factors: cultural differences between different countries will affect the audience's acceptance of the content, content quality will affect the audience's sense of identification, the recommendation rules of the platform will affect the dissemination range of the content, and the cultural background of the audience itself will also affect the communication effect. This research can provide references for academic research and practical strategies, and help improve the communication effect and influence of Chinese short videos internationally.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Short Video
  topic: keywords
subject: Cross-cultural Communication
  topic: keywords
subject: International Communication Effect
  topic: keywords
subject: Audience Study
  topic: keywords
creator: Yulin He
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 106
ending page: 112
doi: 10.54097/azafh831

Scripted Role-Playing Games and Emotional Deficit among Contemporary Chinese Youth
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description: This article examines the rise of immersive entertainment in China, with a particular focus on live-action role-playing games (LARPs) and their commodification of emotional labor. The study aimed to explore how players experience and negotiate scripted intimacy within these games. Data were collected through ten unstructured interviews lasting 60–90 minutes, and thematic analysis was applied to identify recurring patterns in participants’ accounts. Findings show that players actively invest emotions to gain access to intense and scripted experiences unavailable in daily life. While most respondents distinguish between fictional and real interactions, some reported difficulty detaching from game-induced emotions, leading to psychological burdens. The analysis further reveals that the popularity of LARPs reflects a wider emotional deficit in contemporary Chinese society, where intimacy is increasingly mediated by commodified scripts. This research contributes to debates on emotional and affective labor by situating LARPs within the logic of capitalist commodification, highlighting both the cultural significance and the psychological risks of immersive entertainment.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Emotional Labor
  topic: keywords
subject: Affective Labor
  topic: keywords
subject: LARP (Live Action Role-Playing)
  topic: keywords
subject: Commodification of Emotion
  topic: keywords
subject: Contemporary Chinese Youth
  topic: keywords
creator: Ruomeng Ni
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 101
ending page: 105
doi: 10.54097/8kz23p24

Innovative Strategies and Practices in Brand Image Design and Marketing in the Digital Era
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description: With the rapid development of digital technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, modes of information dissemination have undergone disruptive transformations, reshaping the market environment in which brands operate. The deep penetration of mobile internet has diversified consumers’ channels for obtaining information, shifting from traditional television and newspapers to social media, short-video platforms, and live-streaming e-commerce. The immediacy and interactivity of information dissemination have been significantly enhanced. At the same time, consumer behavior patterns and needs present new characteristics: they are no longer satisfied with passively receiving brand messages but are more inclined to participate in brand creation, express personal stances, and seek higher levels of emotional resonance and cultural identification with brands. Against this backdrop, brand image—serving as a crucial bridge between brands and consumers—faces unprecedented challenges and opportunities in its design logic and communication strategies. From the perspective of art and design, this paper analyzes how the communication characteristics of the digital era influence brand image design, explores trends in the innovation of visual symbols, and proposes practical pathways for integrating design and marketing. The study aims to provide theoretical references for brand image upgrading in digital environments.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Digital Era
  topic: keywords
subject: Brand Image Design
  topic: keywords
subject: Visual Arts
  topic: keywords
subject: Marketing Innovation
  topic: keywords
subject: Design Strategies
  topic: keywords
creator: Biyu Hu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-26
publication date: 2025-11-26
starting page: 9
ending page: 12
doi: 10.54097/7kknk933

Expanding the Concept of “Theatricality” in Site-Specific Theatre: From Spatial Definition and Temporal Perception to Transformations in Performance Forms
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description: The term ‘theatricality’ is in fact a versatile concept, not confined to the realm of drama alone. It constitutes a multifaceted academic lexicon spanning diverse disciplines. At its core lies the capacity within artistic works or actions to evoke an experience akin to theatre, encompassing performative artistry, a sense of setting, visual presentation, and the interactive relationship with the audience. In the realms of theatrical performance and drama, the core attributes of art converge. For instance, the atmospheric setting of stage scenery, the striking visual impact of costumes, the expressive performances of actors, and the immediate emotional resonance between performers and audience collectively shape the unique allure of the theatrical experience. In the visual arts, painters employ skilful composition and colour schemes to transform their canvases into condensed theatrical scenes. Installation artists utilise spatial design to immerse audiences within their works, allowing them to experience the narrative and tension inherent in the pieces. These are manifestations of theatricality. Even in everyday life, theatricality frequently emerges. Grand ceremonies such as weddings, alongside high-profile public events involving celebrities or societal figures, inherently possess a performative quality of deliberate display. These can be interpreted through a theatrical lens, offering a distinctive perspective through which people observe and comprehend the world.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Theatricality
  topic: keywords
subject: Performativity
  topic: keywords
subject: Audience Interaction
  topic: keywords
subject: Visual Presentation
  topic: keywords
subject: Staging
  topic: keywords
subject: Interdisciplinarity
  topic: keywords
subject: Everyday Theatricality
  topic: keywords
subject: Immersive Experience
  topic: keywords
creator: Fanfei Meng
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 96
ending page: 100
doi: 10.54097/ntas7z40

Innovative Path of Visual Communication Design for Urban Cultural, Sports and Tourism Integration Projects from the Perspective of Immersive Experience
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description: In order to solve the problems of homogenization in visual communication design and shallow cultural exploration in urban cultural, sports and tourism integration projects, this study explores from the perspective of immersive experience. After defining the core concepts and clarifying the mechanism of visual communication design, analyzing the current situation and problems of project practice, proposing a four-dimensional innovation path of "technology empowerment cultural rooting interactive efficiency system integration", that is, using VR/AR and other technologies to build virtual and real visual spaces, transform regional cultural symbols, create participatory experiences, and construct a full process visual system. Research has shown that visual communication design needs to integrate culture, technology, interaction, and planning, which can provide support for enhancing project immersion and competitiveness.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Integration of Culture
  topic: keywords
subject: Sports and Tourism
  topic: keywords
subject: Flow Theory
  topic: keywords
subject: Emotional Design
  topic: keywords
subject: Cultural Visualization
  topic: keywords
creator: Jian Wu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 90
ending page: 95
doi: 10.54097/xn8qe397

Analysis of the Performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Pastoral" Piano Sonata
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description: This paper analyzes Beethoven's "Pastoral" Sonata from the perspectives of both its formal structure and performance techniques. This paper indicates that structurally, the sonata creates a sense of static spatiality through sustained tonic notes and unifies the entire piece with cyclical motifs, achieving a dialectical unity of grandeur and tranquility. In terms of performance, it emphasizes the meticulous control of rhythm, dynamics, and pedal to translate these formal characteristics into musical expressions of natural imagery and inner emotion.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Beethoven
  topic: keywords
subject: Piano Piece
  topic: keywords
subject: Performance Analysis
  topic: keywords
creator: Shiyu Chen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 82
ending page: 89
doi: 10.54097/0pbctq55

Teaching Research Design of Guzheng "Fighting the Typhoon"
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description: Learning guzheng has gradually evolved into a cultural phenomenon that not only sweeps across the country but also exerts influence overseas. However, traditional guzheng teaching is characterized by monotonous methodologies, lack of engaging elements, and insufficient cultivation of musical expressiveness as well as artistic sensibility. Therefore, grounded in constructivist theory and using "Fighting the Typhoon" as a case study, this paper develops a teaching design aimed at enhancing the quality of guzheng instruction, fostering students' autonomous learning capacity, and nurturing their musical innovation skills.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Guzheng
  topic: keywords
subject: Fighting the Typhoon
  topic: keywords
subject: Instructional Design
  topic: keywords
creator: Weiqi Luo
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 75
ending page: 81
doi: 10.54097/nb58vm34

The Return of “Aura” and the Carnival of “Simulacra” A Dialectic of Imagery in the Post-Digital Era
type: item
description: Amid the global prevalence of digital imagery and AI-generated content (AIGC), a nostalgic trend for peel-apart film has paradoxically surged on social media. Characterized by its high cost and aesthetic uncertainty, peel-apart film is often regarded as a “luxury” photographic experience, which makes it in stark contrast to the perfectly controllable virtual images enabled by AIGC. The resurgence of peel-apart film is not merely a kind of retro fashion, but a cultural counter-movement with significant theoretical implications. Grounded in Walter Benjamin’s concept of “Aura” and Jean Baudrillard’s theory of “Simulacra”, this paper examines the dialectical coexistence of peel-apart film and AIGC technologies in the post-digital era, which provides a new perspective on contemporary visual culture.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Simulacra
  topic: keywords
subject: Aura
  topic: keywords
subject: Peel-apart film
  topic: keywords
subject: AIGC
  topic: keywords
creator: Yuyue Yang
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-26
publication date: 2025-11-26
starting page: 6
ending page: 8
doi: 10.54097/n5fvz772

Examining the Realistic Orientation in Chinese Opera Stage Performance Through Hong Kong and Taiwan Huangmei Opera Films
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description: This paper examines the historical evolution and developmental direction of the realistic orientation in Chinese opera stage performance through the case study of Hong Kong and Taiwan Huangmei opera films. The study argues that the realism in stage sets and performance actions of Huangmei opera films is not a deviation from opera aesthetics but rather a continuation and innovation of Chinese opera's own realistic tradition. Through textual research on opera literature, the article demonstrates that realistic techniques have persisted from the Han Dynasty variety performances to the present. Huangmei opera films achieved a creative transformation of opera art through technological media, respecting traditional principles while meeting modern visual demands, thus providing significant reference for the contemporary cross-media development of opera.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Huangmei Opera Films
  topic: keywords
subject: Realism
  topic: keywords
subject: Chinese Opera
  topic: keywords
creator: Yuqing Zhong
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 71
ending page: 74
doi: 10.54097/3t5eww19

Strategies of Architectural Landscape Design Based on the Concept of Carbon Neutrality
type: item
description: This study explores the application of carbon neutrality principles in architectural landscape design to address global climate change challenges. Through analysis of the correlation between architectural landscape design and carbon emissions, including the impacts in aspects such as material selection, energy consumption, and construction techniques, this paper proposes architectural landscape design strategies based on the concept of carbon neutrality. These strategies encompass site planning, plant configuration, material application, and water resource management to reduce lifecycle carbon emissions in building landscapes. The research also addresses challenges such as cost, technology, and public awareness in implementing carbon neutrality concepts, proposing corresponding solutions. The findings hold significant implications for achieving sustainable development in architectural landscape design, providing theoretical and practical references for the industry's low-carbon transition.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Carbon Neutrality
  topic: keywords
subject: Architectural Landscape Design
  topic: keywords
subject: Carbon Emission
  topic: keywords
subject: Design Strategy
  topic: keywords
subject: Sustainable Development
  topic: keywords
creator: Zhuyimin Xu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 61
ending page: 70
doi: 10.54097/cg24j524

Image Expression and Aesthetic Reconstruction in Digital Media Art in the Intelligent Era
type: item
description: In the intelligent era, where technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and virtual reality are deeply permeating, the image expression of digital media art is undergoing a paradigm shift from "human-dominated" to "human-machine collaborative," and the aesthetic system is also undergoing a structural reconstruction. Taking the integration of intelligent technology and digital media art as a starting point, this article, drawing on practical examples of image creation, analyzes how intelligent technology reshapes the production logic, presentation form, and dissemination path of images. It explores the changes in aesthetic subjects, objects, and standards in this process, revealing the innovative directions and potential difficulties of digital media art image expression under the empowerment of technology. The study finds that generative AI and intelligent interactive technologies have not only expanded the boundaries of image expression, enabling immersive images that interweave virtual and real life, and dynamically generated personalized images, but also promoted the shift of aesthetic appreciation from "passive acceptance" to "active participation," and from "single aesthetic" to "multi-faceted symbiosis." At the same time, problems such as image homogeneity and the weakening of humanistic values caused by the misuse of technology also need to be urgently addressed. This article argues that the development of digital media art in the intelligent era must be driven by both technological empowerment and humanistic guidance. While breaking through the limitations of visual expression, a new aesthetic system combining technological innovation and spiritual depth should be constructed, providing insights for the sustainable development of digital media art.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Intelligent Era
  topic: keywords
subject: Digital Media Art
  topic: keywords
subject: Visual Expression
  topic: keywords
subject: Aesthetic Reconstruction
  topic: keywords
subject: Technological Aesthetics
  topic: keywords
creator: Jiajun Song
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 55
ending page: 60
doi: 10.54097/kfrfhg38

Keats's Ethical Poetics between Jakobson and de Man: Non-Egotism, Negative Capability, and the Poetic Function
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description: This paper repositions the modern stakes of Keats's ethical vision through the twin lenses of semiotics and deconstruction, taking non-egotism and Negative Capability as its pivots. It argues that Keats's bracketing of poetic subjectivity anticipates Roman Jakobson's account of the poetic function, the projection of equivalence from the axis of selection onto the axis of combination, and that it also offers a corrective to Paul de Man's reduction of Keats to "cognitive failure" and "rhetorical illusion." Through close readings of Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to a Nightingale, and Lamia, the study shows how Keats, mediating perception through sensuous form, stages the persistent tension between aesthetic illusion and rational disenchantment while legitimating affect as a mode of meaning-production. Rather than evading self-reflection, Keats models a disciplined suspension of subjectivity that allows the poem's self-referential patterns and metonymic economies to generate ethical force beyond the individual. The paper concludes that Keats's practice exhibits genuine foresight: the "linguistic uncertainty" achieved by suspending certainty does not collapse into nihilism but reframes deconstructive undecidability as ethically productive, offering a path for contemporary theory to reconcile formal autonomy with ethical responsiveness.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Keats
  topic: keywords
subject: Non-Egotism
  topic: keywords
subject: Poetic Function
  topic: keywords
subject: Negative Capability
  topic: keywords
creator: Peisong Gao
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Highlights in Art and Design https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-27
publication date: 2025-11-27
starting page: 49
ending page: 54
doi: 10.54097/wz3ga392