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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300208162
ISBN-139780300208160
eBay Product ID (ePID)201670046
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCultures Crossed : John Frederick Lewis and the Art of Orientalism
Publication Year2014
SubjectCriticism & Theory, Individual Artists / Monographs, History / Romanticism, European
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt
AuthorEmily M. Weeks
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight47.1 Oz
Item Length1.1 in
Item Width0.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2014-013311
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal759.2
SynopsisJohn 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.
LC Classification NumberND497.L718W44 2014
