Theodore Gericault, Painting Black Bodies - Confrontations and Contradictions

This book examines Théodore Géricault's images of black men, women and children who suffered slavery's trans-Atlantic passage in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including his 1819 painting Raft of the Medusa.

Sommario

Introduction: Géricault Painting Black Bodies
1 Black Bodies
2 Prurient Bonds
3 Editing and Emendations
4 Parity
5 Fabricating Blacks
6 Deference and Decorum
7 Empathy
8 Quotidian Portraits
9 Epilogue

Info autore

Albert Alhadeff is Associate Professor of the History of Art at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Riassunto

This book examines Théodore Géricault’s images of black men, women and children who suffered slavery’s trans-Atlantic passage in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including his 1819 painting Raft of the Medusa.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Albert Alhadeff, Albert (University of Colorado Alhadeff, Alhadeff Albert
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032400204
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240020-4
• Pagine: 242
• Serie: Routledge Research in Art and Race
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; ART / Techniques / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, ART / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), ART / Techniques / Painting, ART / Performance, ART / Techniques / Watercolor Painting, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, Individual artists, art monographs, Portraits in art, Portraits and self-portraiture in art, ART / History / European / Romanticism