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Cultures crossed : John Frederick Lewis and the art of orientalism / Emily M. Weeks.
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Weeks, Emily M.

Title & Author:

Cultures crossed : John Frederick Lewis and the art of orientalism / Emily M. Weeks.

Publication:

©2014
New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, [2014]

Description:

ix, 249 pages ; 29 cm

Series:

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.
Myth: The Artist as Mirage -- Life of a 'Lotus-eater' -- A Body of Texts -- Reflections on John Frederick Lewis -- Gendered Geographics: John Frederick Lewis's The Reception of 1879 -- Orientalisms Transposed.
Summary:

"John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876) is one of the best-known yet least understood British Orientalist painters of the 19th century. His numerous, highly detailed Orientalist images stand in dramatic contrast to the meager written archive of the years he spent in Egypt between 1841 and 1851; art historians have long puzzled over the details of this significant period and struggled for meaningful insight into his process of artful construction. This innovative book, the first critical monograph devoted to this acclaimed artist, draws on both newly uncovered historical data and imperial and post-colonial theory to propose a compelling new interpretation of Lewis's paintings and biography. In addition to offering formal, historical, and theoretical examinations of Lewis's highly nuanced subject matter, Weeks argues that Lewis crafted an ambiguous, cross-cultural identity that challenged viewers' understanding of fact and fiction and, along with his pictures, subverted systems of patriarchal power in England and abroad"-- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents
ISBN:

9780300208160 (hardback)
0300208162 (hardback)

Subject:

Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876 Criticism and interpretation.
Lewis, John Frederick, (1804-1876)
Lewis, John Frederick (1804-1876).
Lewis, John Frederick, Criticism and interpretation.
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876
Orientalism in art.
Orientalisme dans l'art.
ART Individual Artists Monographs.
ART European.
ART History Romanticism.
Orientalism i konsten.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289751
Call No.: BIB 232355
Status: Available

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