Noble dreams, wicked pleasures : orientalism in America, 1870-1930

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Noble dreams, wicked pleasures : orientalism in America, 1870-1930

Holly Edwards ; with essays by Brian T. Allen ... [et al.]

Princeton University Press in association with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, c2000

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Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass., June 6-Sept. 4, 2000, the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md., Oct. 1-Dec. 10, 2000, and the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 3-Apr. 23, 2001

Bibliographical references: p. 233-238

Includes index

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ISBN 9780691050034

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Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures explores complex American attitudes toward the Near East--as revealed in collected paintings, interior design, and multiple vernacular forms--at the formative moment of industrialization and the crystallization of a truly mass culture. Published to coincide with the multimedia exhibition that opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and travels to the Walters Art Gallery and the Mint Museum of Art, this catalogue considers how urban, mercantile, Protestant America represented the Islamic world of the Middle East and North Africa in ways that say more about itself than the foreign culture. This gorgeously illustrated volume first looks at the use of Orientalist stereotypes by some of the country's most important high art painters of the nineteenth century: Frederic Edwin Church's treatment of the exotic terrain through a lens of deep religiosity; a more cosmopolitan reading of the harem girl by John Singer Sargent; the perfumed alternative to industrial capitalism conjured in the landscapes and market scenes of Samuel Colman and Louis Comfort Tiffany; and interpretations of the Orient as emancipatory by Ella Pell, the only major woman Orientalist. The book next traces the popularization of Orientalism in the decorative arts (including a few treasures from Olana, Church's Moorish-style home on the Hudson), on Broadway, and in Hollywood, as well as through advertising that linked consumer products with visual suggestions of exotic sexuality and through cultural objects, such as the Shriners' fez. The generous color plates show both an innocent romanticization of the Orient and a darker, heavily eroticized version of Oriental "otherness." An excellent chronology and bibliography, in addition to expert essays by both Americanists and Islamicists, give context to absorbing images. Though a perfect companion for visitors to the exhibition, Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures is also for anyone seeking an uncommon take on the development of American self-understanding. Exhibition Schedule: ? The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown, Massachusetts June 11-September 4, 2000 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore, Maryland October 1-December 10, 2000 The Mint Museum of Art Charlotte, North Carolina February 3-April 22, 2001
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: pbk ISBN 9780691050041

内容説明

"Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures" explores complex American attitudes toward the Near East - as revealed in collected paintings, interior design, and multiple vernacular forms - at the formative moment of industrialization and the crystallization of a truly mass culture. Published to coincide with the multimedia exhibition that opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and travels to the Walters Art Gallery and the Mint Museum of Art, this catalogue considers how urban, mercantile, Protestant America represented the Islamic world of the Middle East and North Africa in ways that say more about itself than the foreign culture.This gorgeously illustrated volume first looks at the use of Orientalist stereotypes by some of the country's most important high art painters of the nineteenth century: Frederic Edwin Church's treatment of the exotic terrain through a lens of deep religiosity; a more cosmopolitan reading of the harem girl by John Singer Sargent; the perfumed alternative to industrial capitalism conjured in the landscapes and market scenes of Samuel Colman and Louis Comfort Tiffany; and interpretations of the Orient as emancipatory by Ella Pell, the only major woman Orientalist. The book next traces the popularization of Orientalism in the decorative arts (including a few treasures from Olana, Church's Moorish-style home on the Hudson), on Broadway, and in Hollywood, as well as through advertising that linked consumer products with visual suggestions of exotic sexuality and through cultural objects, such as the Shriners' fez. The generous color plates show both an innocent romanticization of the Orient and a darker, heavily eroticized version of Oriental "otherness." An excellent chronology and bibliography, in addition to expert essays by both Americanists and Islamicists, give context to absorbing images.Though a perfect companion for visitors to the exhibition, "Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures" is also for anyone seeking an uncommon take on the development of American self-understanding.

目次

LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION vi DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD vii CURATOR'S PREFACE viii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi Roots and Others OLEG GRABAR 3 A Million and One Nights: Orientalism in America, 1870-1930 HOLLY EDWARDS 11 "The garments of instruction from the wardrobe of pleasure": American Orientalist Painting in the 1870s and 1880s BRIAN T. ALLEN 59 Speaking Back to Orientalist Discourse at the World's Columbian Exposition ZEYNEP CELIK 77 The Sheik: Instabilities of Race and Gender in Transatlantic Popular Culture of the Early 1920s STEVEN C. CATON 99 Catalogue of the Exhibition HOLLY EDWARDS 120 WORKS CITED 233 INDEX 239

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