Exotic
A Fetish for the Foreign
$155.27
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2019
Summary
Exotic is an illustrated survey of Western civilization’s eternal love affair with the artistic exotica of other cultures. Ranging from antiquity to the present, this book explores our fascination with the lure of distant lands and their promise of the weird and wonderful, the beautiful and grotesque. More importantly, it shows how the absorption of foreign arts, design, architecture and other cultural mores has consistently enriched Western society, bringing cultural dynamism and artistic en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780714876375 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0714876372 |
| Author: | Judy Sund |
| Publisher: | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.15kg |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 172mm x 31mm |
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Critics Review
”[Sund] argues with wit, intelligence and myriad examples, from the erudite to the pop, in this gorgeously illustrated book… Captivating.“– 1stdibs Introspective Magazine
”[Sund] argues with wit, intelligence and myriad examples, from the erudite to the pop, in this gorgeously illustrated book… Captivating.“—1stdibs Introspective Magazine
“A new book by Phiadon about our enduring love affair with the exotic and the strange in art and design.“—Cover magazine
“In our increasingly globalized world, the book serves as a fascinating reminder of how art has served as a tool of cultural assimilation.“—Artnet
About The Author
Judy Sund
Judy Sund is Professor of Modern European Art and Art of the Americas at the City University of New York. In addition to constructions of the exotic in Euro-American visual culture, her research interests include artists’ responses to texts (from Biblical psalms and parables to Naturalist novels) and intersections of high art and popular culture (world’s fairs, Hollywood movies, advertising campaigns, fashion). She has published books and essays on Vincent van Gogh (including Van Gogh, in Phaidon’s Art & Ideas series) as well as articles on Antoine Watteau, Mary Cassatt, Fernand Léger, Frida Kahlo, and twentieth-century appropriations of Pre-Columbian artefacts.
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