P_T_The_Eternal_Other

CC Man Ray, Black and White, 1926

  • Artist: Man Ray

  • Year: 1926

  • Style: Black and white photography

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Bathers, 1765

  • Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard

  • Year: 1765

The Happy Accidents of the 1700s

  • Theme: Suggests the playful, spontaneous themes prevalent in Fragonard's work during this era.

Joseph Anton Koch

  • Work: The Painter at the Crossroads (lost)

  • Year: 1791

Jacques-Louis David

  • Work: Oath of the Horatii

  • Years: 1784-'85

Anon. (Litho)

  • Title: Fight in David's Studio

  • Circa: 1799

John Flaxman

  • Work: Seven against Thebes

  • Year: 1795

Throne Room in Fontainebleau Castle

  • Style: Empire style

  • Artist: Ingres

  • Year: 1806

Anon.

  • Title: The Great Battle between the Romantic and the Classic at the Door of the Museum

  • Year: 1827

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

  • Work: Paolo and Francesca

  • Year: 1819

Franz Pforr

  • Work: Arrival of Emperor Rudolf II of Habsburg in Basel 1273

  • Year: 1809

Friedrich Overbeck

  • Portrait: of Franz Pforr

  • Year: 1810

Dante Gabriel Rossett

  • Work: Ecce Ancilla Domini

  • Year: 1850

Tiepolo Fresco

  • Year: 1757

  • William Chambers: Kew Gardens 1761

  • Francis Boucher: Chinese Fishing Party, 1770

François - Michel Cécile

  • Work: Description de l’Égypte

  • Year: 1822

David Roberts

  • Work: Abu Simbel

  • Year: 1836

Gilardi

  • Work: Egyptian Pavilion Moscow

  • Year: 1820

Lourens Alma-Tadema

  • Work: Egyptian Widow (detail)

  • Year: 1872

Orientalism and Western Conceptions of the Orient

  • Discusses the imaginary representation of the East in Western art.

  • Mention of Edward Said's work which critiques how the East is portrayed in the West.

  • Reference to an exhibition and critique of power dynamics.

Eugène Delacroix

  • Work: The Death of Sardanapalus

  • Year: 1828

Eugène Delac

  • Work: The Massacre at Chios

  • Year: 1824

Henri Regnault

  • Work: Execution without Judgement

  • Year: 1870

  • Size: 302 X 146 cm

Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ

  • Work: The Dream of the Sheriff

  • Circa: 1873

Achille Zo

  • Work: The Dream of the Believer

  • Circa: 1870

Thomas Rowlandson

  • Work: The Harem

  • After: 1812

Fatima Mernissi and the European Harem

  • Artwork: Turkish Bath by Ingres

  • Year: 1862

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

  • Work: Bather of Valpinçon

  • Year: 1808

Interior of a Harem

  • Year: 1828

Jean-Léon Gérôme

  • Work: Nude Woman

  • Circa: 1880 -’85

Jean Lecomte de Nouÿ

  • Work: The White Slave

  • Year: 1888

Auguste Renoir

  • Work: Parisian Women à l’Algérien: Harem in Montmartre

  • Year: 1872

Jean Léon Gérôme

  • Work: Slave Market

  • Year: 1866

Jean Léon Gérôme

  • Work: Snake Charmer

  • Year: 1860

Bab el Mansour, Meknes, Morocco

  • Type: Postcard

  • Photo by: Linda Nochlin

Avishai Margalit on Anti-Western Sentiment

  • Theme: Investigates the roots of anti-western thought in contemporary discourse.

  • Mention of various ideologies and cultural criticisms focused on the West.

Claude Monet

  • Work: La Japonaise (Camille Monet)

  • Year: 1876

Alfred Stevens

  • Work: The Japanese Dress

  • Circa: 1880

George Hendrik Breitner

  • Work: Girl in White Kimono (Geesje Kwak)

  • Year: 1894

James Tissot

  • Work: Young Woman Holding Japanese Objects

  • Circa: 1865

Torii Kiyonaga

  • Work: Tea House

  • Year: 1784

James McNeill Whistler

  • Work: The Balcony

  • Years: 1865-'70

Edgar Degas

  • Work: Jockeys Before the Race

  • Year: 1878-'79

Katsukawa Shuncho

  • Work: Woman Bathing

  • Circa: 1790

Edgar Degas

  • Work: Morning Bathing

  • Year: 1883

  • Katsukawa Utamaro: Woman Bathing

  • Circa: 1790

Toyokuni III and Claude Monet

  • Work: Blooming Plum Trees in Kameido

  • Circa: 1857

Vincent van Gogh

  • Work: Blooming Plum Tree (after Hiroshige)

  • Year: 1887

Kuniyoshi

  • Work: Post Station

  • Year: 1835

Van Gogh

  • Work: The Sower

  • Year: 1888

Van Gogh

  • Work: Almond Branches in Bloom

  • Year: 1890

Anon. (Japanese)

  • Work: Pear Tree Branch

Van Gogh

  • Work: Pear Tree in Blossom

  • Year: 1888

Cultural Primitivism

  • Definition: Discontent with civilization, seeking simpler lifestyles as desirable.

  • Combination with chronological primitivism notes beliefs on the desirability of pre-modern societies.

Coty Wild Musk Advertisement

  • Theme: The allure of primitive instincts, tied into modern commercial culture.

Various Artists and Works

  • Max Ernst: Oedipus

  • Salvador Dalí: Various works including Furious Suns and The Phantom Carriage

  • Jean Dubuffet: Exploration of art between the primitive and the modern.

“Primitivism” in 20th Century Art

  • Factors: Explores tribal influences and modern artistic expressions.

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York: Exhibition overview.

Pablo Picasso

  • Works: Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1905-06) and Les Démoiselles d'Avignon (1907).

The Concept of Primitivism in Thought

  • Analysis: Focus on the contrasts created by the idea of the "Noble Savage" versus the notion of savagery in the context of art and cultural views.

Conclusion of Various Theories of Primitivism

  • Cultural Implications: The evolution of these ideas through the lens of colonialism and the paradox of nobility versus wildness.