The black figure in the European imaginary
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Childs Adrienne L. ; Libby Susan H ; Bindman David (1940-....) ;
- Editeurs : Winter Park, Florida London The Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College in association with D Giles Limited ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2017
- ISBN : 978-1-907804-49-6
- Sujets : Noirs -- Dans l'art -- Catalogues d'exposition, Art, Europe
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (80 p.), : Ill. en noir et en coul., couv. ill. en coul., 28 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Catalogue publié en lien avec l'exposition du même nom organisée par le Cornell Fine Arts Museum au Rollins College, à Winter Park, Floride, et ayant lieu du 14 janvier 2017 au 14 mai 2017. ; Bibliographie p. 79. Index
Résumé
Le revers de la couverture indique: 'The black figure in the European imaginary explores ways in which black people were perceived and imagined in the visual arts of Europe from the late eighteenth century to the nineteenth century, against a backdrop of slavery, colonialism, and imperialism. People of African descent were part of an increasingly international population in Europe. This, and Europe’s expanding contact with Africa, led to a growing cultural fascination among white Europeans with people of color. Black figures proliferated in various media—oil paintings and watercolors, sculpture, engravings, and decorative objects such as glassware and ceramics. These works evoke the contradictions and ambivalence with which so many Europeans viewed black people: they serve as reminders of conquest, meditations on exoticism, and romantic longings for timeless cultures, as well as portrayals of distinct individuals, sometimes of great import. Often depicting their subjects with depth and dignity, these artworks also reveal undercurrents of objectification, servitude, and a focus on black sexuality tied to hierarchical attitudes about race. It is the authors’ aim to show the paradoxes present in these works of art, in which the figures’ individuality and humanity exist alongside their imagined differences.'