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NOBLE DREAMS Wicked Pleasures. Orientalism In America 1870-1930 Princeton 2000

Description: NOBLE DREAMS Wicked Pleasures. Orientalism In America 1870-1930 Holly Edwards (Editor) Princeton University Press 2000 Oversize TPB Great condition with light wear on edges. Please see photos I pack really well.No ReturnsPlease let me know you need more info or additional photosNoble 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.

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Book Title: Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: Orientalism in America, 1870-193

Item Length: 12in.

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Year: 2000

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 1.6in.

Author: Holly Edwards

Genre: Art

Country/Region of Manufacture: America

Topic: Art History, History / General

Item Width: 9in.

Item Weight: 43.1 Oz

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

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