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Near East to Far West - Fictions of French and American Colonialism (Hardcover): Jennifer R. Henneman Near East to Far West - Fictions of French and American Colonialism (Hardcover)
Jennifer R. Henneman; Contributions by Jacob Rama Berman, Emily C Burns, Betsy Fahlman, Richard V. Francaviglia, …
R1,496 Discovery Miles 14 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A new look at French Orientalism’s influence on the art of the American West, showing how aesthetics and ideology jointly informed approaches to colonialism and expansion during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in both France and the United States 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. Distributed for the Denver Art Museum Exhibition Schedule: Denver Art Museum (March 5–May 28, 2023)

Landscapes of Extraction - The Art of Mining in the American West (Hardcover): Betsy Fahlman Landscapes of Extraction - The Art of Mining in the American West (Hardcover)
Betsy Fahlman; Contributions by B. Fahlman, B.L. Jones, J. R. Swensen, W. L. Fox
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Landscapes of Extraction explores the art of mining, the transformative industry of the American West, competing in sublimity and striking color with the natural scenic landscape on its own terms. These landscapes of enterprise altered the natural environment on a spectacular scale, with open pit mines, coal tipples, and oil rigs. How artists portrayed the mining industry in the American West is explored in the book with four scholarly essays. Artworks were inspired by the multiple landscapes created by large-scale mining, specifically the mines themselves, the towns that grew up around them, and the miners and their families who lived and worked there. The industry shaped communities and landscapes throughout the West: Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. Landscapes of Extraction explores a powerful regional narrative that is a fundamental element of national identity played out on a vast geographical scale.

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