Near East to Far West : fictions of French and American colonialism : [exhibition, Denver Art Museum, March 5-May 28, 2023]
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Hennerman Jennifer R. (19..-....) ; Berman Jacob Rama ; Burns Emily C. (1981-....) ; Fahlman Betsy (19..-....) ; Denver Art Museum ;
- ISBN : 978-0-300-26604-7
- Sujets : Art -- États-Unis 19e siècle, Art, Orientalisme (art), Colonies françaises, États-Unis (ouest) -- Dans l'artCatalogues d'expositionOuvrages illustrés
- Comprend : Fictions of French and American colonialism
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 volume (285 pages), : Illustrations en couleurs, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 31 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Western passages, Volume 11,
Notes
Bibliographie pages 264-269. Notes bibliographiques. Index
Résumé
From the 1830s to the 1920s, American artists such as Alfred Jacob Miller, George de Forest Brush, Joseph H. Sharp, Bert Geer Phillips, and Ernest Blumenschein traveled to France to study their craft. Returning from abroad, these artists looked to the American West in search of new subjects. Influenced by French Orientalists such as Eugène Delacroix, Eugène Fromentin, and Jean-Léon Gérôme, the American artists applied an Orientalist aesthetic and ideology to their paintings, sculptures, and drawings, while at the same time creating works that appeared uniquely American. Exploring the ways that the visual tropes and knowledge structures of Orientalism influenced French and American colonialism and expansion, this volume considers the impact of French artistic techniques and tropes on the development of western American art. Other themes include the symbolism of desert landscapes and exotic animals, the role of world?s fairs in disseminating Orientalist spectacles and stereotypes, and the importance of artistic pilgrimage to the deserts of North Africa and the American Southwest. Historical and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples of North America, Muslim Americans, and Arab Americans challenge, negotiate, and provide alternative perspectives to the artworks.