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PublisherPhaidon Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100714876372

ISBN-139780714876375

eBay Product ID (ePID)21038712559

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Book TitleExotic : a Fetish for the Foreign

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicGeneral, History / General

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorJudy Sund

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight40.1 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width7.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"[Sund] argues with wit, intelligence and myriad examples, from the erudite to the pop, in this gorgeously illustrated book... Captivating."-- 1stdibs Introspective Magazine, "[Sund] argues with wit, intelligence and myriad examples, from the erudite to the pop, in this gorgeously illustrated book... Captivating."--1stdibs Introspective Magazine "A new book by Phiadon about our enduring love affair with the exotic and the strange in art and design."--Cover magazine "In our increasingly globalized world, the book serves as a fascinating reminder of how art has served as a tool of cultural assimilation."--Artnet

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal306.47091821

SynopsisA fascinating survey of the enduring human love affair with the exotic and the strange, and its impact on Western culture Exotic explores our obsession with the lure of distant lands and their promise of the weird and wonderful, the beautiful and grotesque. Through a host of evocative images, this book shows how the absorption of 'the foreign,' through arts, design, architecture, and other cultural elements, has consistently enriched Western society, contributing to it cultural dynamism and artistic energy. Exotic's focus is especially relevant to the modern globalized world in which our engagement with cultures and traditions from around the globe is easier - and potentially more fraught - than ever before., A fascinating survey of the enduring human love affair with the exotic and the strange, and its impact on Western culture Exotic explores our obsession with the lure of distant lands and their promise of the weird and wonderful, the beautiful and grotesque. Through a host of evocative images, this book shows how the absorption of 'the foreign, ' through arts, design, architecture, and other cultural elements, has consistently enriched Western society, contributing to it cultural dynamism and artistic energy. Exotic's focus is especially relevant to the modern globalized world in which our engagement with cultures and traditions from around the globe is easier - and potentially more fraught - than ever before., A fascinating survey of the enduring human love affair with the exotic and the strange, and its impact on Western culture, Exotic is an illustrated survey of Western civilization's eternal love affair with the artistic exotica of other cultures. Ranging from antiquity to the present, this book explores our fascination with the lure of distant lands and their promise of the weird and wonderful, the beautiful and grotesque. More importantly, it shows how the absorption of foreign arts, design, architecture and other cultural mores has consistently enriched Western society, bringing cultural dynamism and artistic energy.This book explores artistic projects and practices involving the exotic in architecture, paintings, sculpture and the decorative arts, and extending to fashion, film and body art. The 'exotic', as it is styled by Westerners for Western consumption - from Maori tattoos to Turkish tulips, from Chinese silks to Venetian glass - has been used as a tool for millennia to promote and enhance home-grown art and culture, to sell commodities and political and religious agendas, and to portray a people as cosmopolitan and enterprising. This book is the first image-driven survey of the subject for a general audience and is particularly germane to today's globalized world, increasingly wary of engagement with erstwhile exotic places and people.From the ancient Greek fascination with 'Ethiopians', to Columbus's voyages to the Americas, from chinoiserie and Egyptomania to Gauguin in Polynesia, from Picasso's love of 'primitive' art to Jimmie Durham's post-modernist 'savages', this book explores our enduring love of the exotic, in which strange becomes commonplace.

LC Classification NumberN72.S6