This book is the first full-length study dedicated to French women
Orientalist artists. Mary Kelly has gathered primary documentation
relating to seventy-two women artists whose works of art can be
placed in the canon of French Orientalism between 1861 and 1956.
Bringing these artists together for the first time and presenting
close contextual analyses of works of art, attention is given to
artists’ cross-cultural interactions with painted/sculpted
representations of the Maghreb particularly in Algeria, Tunisia and
Morocco. Using an interdisciplinary ‘open platform of
discussion’ approach, Kelly builds on established theory which
places emphases on the gendered gaze. This entails a discussion on
women’s painted perspectives of and contacts with Muslim women as
well as various Maghrebi cultures and land—all the while
remaining mindful of the subject position of the French artist and
the problematic issues which can arise when discussing
European-made ‘ethnographic’ scenes. Kelly argues that French
women’s perspectives of the Maghreb differed from the male gaze
and were informed by their artistic training and social positions
in Europe. In so doing, French women’s socio-cultural modernity
is also examined. Moreover, executed between 1861 and 1956, the
works of art presented show influences of Modernism; therefore,
this book also pays close attention to progressive Realism and
Naturalism in art and the Orientalist shift into Modernist subject
matter and form. Through this research into French women
Orientalists, Kelly engages with important discussions on the
crossing view of the historical female other with the cultural
other, artistic hybridity and influence in art as well as the
postcolonial response to French activities in colonial Algeria and
the protectorates of Tunisia and Morocco. On giving focus to
women’s art and the impact of cross-cultural interchanges, this
book rethinks Orientalism in French art. This book will be of
particular interest to scholars in the history of art, gender
studies, history, and Middle Eastern and North African studies.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Research in Gender and Art |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Mary Kelly
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 174mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
230 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-202778-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-202778-9 |
Barcode: |
9781032027784 |
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