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Orientalism´s Interlocutors: Painting, Architecture, Photography
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Description for Orientalism´s Interlocutors: Painting, Architecture, Photography
Paperback. Suitable for those interested in art history, theories of gender, and postcolonial studies, this book contests the idea that Orientalist art simply expresses the politics of Western domination and argues instead that it was often produced through cross-cultural interactions. Editor(s): Beaulieu, Jill; Roberts, Mary. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 244 pages, 53 photographs (6 in color). BIC Classification: ACV; AG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Until now, Orientalist art—exemplified by paintings of harems, slave markets, or bazaars—has predominantly been understood to reflect Western interpretations and to perpetuate reductive, often demeaning stereotypes of the exotic East. Orientalism's Interlocutors contests the idea that Orientalist art simply expresses the politics of Western domination and argues instead that it was often produced through cross-cultural interactions. Focusing on paintings and other representations of North African and Ottoman cultures, by both local artists and westerners, the contributors contend that the stylistic similarities between indigenous and Western Orientalist art mask profound interpretive differences, which, on examination, can reveal a visual language of ... Read more
Until now, Orientalist art—exemplified by paintings of harems, slave markets, or bazaars—has predominantly been understood to reflect Western interpretations and to perpetuate reductive, often demeaning stereotypes of the exotic East. Orientalism's Interlocutors contests the idea that Orientalist art simply expresses the politics of Western domination and argues instead that it was often produced through cross-cultural interactions. Focusing on paintings and other representations of North African and Ottoman cultures, by both local artists and westerners, the contributors contend that the stylistic similarities between indigenous and Western Orientalist art mask profound interpretive differences, which, on examination, can reveal a visual language of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Series
Objects/Histories
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822328742
SKU
V9780822328742
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About Beaulieu
Jill Beaulieu is an independent art historian and past President of the Art Association of Australia. Mary Roberts is the John Schaeffer Lecturer in British Art at the University of Sydney. They are coeditors (with Toni Ross) of Refracting Vision: Essays on the Writings of Michael Fried.
Reviews for Orientalism´s Interlocutors: Painting, Architecture, Photography
“Focusing largely on the conjunction of Orientalism and pictorial representation, a still underexamined area, Orientalism’s Interlocutors contributes new understanding to the concepts of Orientalism and colonial discourses.”—Julie Codell, coeditor of Orientalism Transposed: The Impact of the Colonies on British Culture “This collection of essays makes a significant contribution to what is becoming a truly major debate. It advances the latest ... Read more