Near East to Far West

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Fictions of French and American Colonialism

By Jennifer R. Henneman

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Near East to Far West examines the influence of French Orientalism on American Western art from the 1830s to the 1920s. It reveals how American artists who studied in France incorporated Orientalist aesthetics and ideologies into their depiction of the American West, blending European artistic techniques with uniquely American subjects. The book explores themes such as desert landscapes, exotic animals, and the role of world’s fairs in shaping colonial narratives, while also presenting perspectives from Indigenous peoples and Arab Americans that challenge traditional interpretations.
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This title will appeal to readers interested in art history, cultural studies, and colonialism, especially those fascinated by the intersections between Western and Eastern artistic traditions and the history of American art.

A new look at French Orientalism’s influence on the art of the American West, showing how aesthetics and ideology jointly informed approaches to colonialism and expansion during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in both France and the United States

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Near East to Far West offers a new perspective on French Orientalism's influence on the art of the American West, exploring how aesthetics and ideology jointly informed approaches to colonialism and expansion during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in both France and the United States.

From the 1830s to the 1920s, American artists such as Alfred Jacob Miller, George de Forest Brush, Joseph H. Sharp, Bert Geer Phillips, and Ernest Blumenschein travelled to France to study their craft. Returning from abroad, these artists turned their focus to the American West, in search of new subjects. Influenced by French Orientalists like Eugène Delacroix, Eugène Fromentin, and Jean-Léon Gérôme, the American artists applied an Orientalist aesthetic and ideology to their paintings, sculptures, and drawings, yet their works retained a uniquely American identity.

This volume explores the ways that the visual tropes and knowledge structures of Orientalism influenced French and American colonialism and expansion. It considers the impact of French artistic techniques and motifs on the development of western American art. Themes include the symbolism of desert landscapes and exotic animals, the role of world’s fairs in disseminating Orientalist spectacles and stereotypes, and the importance of artistic pilgrimage to the deserts of North Africa and the American Southwest.

Historical and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples of North America, Muslim Americans, and Arab Americans challenge, negotiate, and provide alternative perspectives to the artworks.

Distributed for the Denver Art Museum.

Exhibition Schedule:

Denver Art Museum
(March 5–May 28, 2023)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300266047

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 March 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Illustration: 150 color + b-w illus.

Contributors:

Contributions by Emily C Burns
Contributions by Jacob Rama Berman
Contributions by Betsy Fahlman
Contributions by Richard V. Francaviglia
Contributions by Christine Garnier
Contributions by Danielle Haque
Contributions by Molly Medakovich
Contributions by Jennifer Olmsted

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 241.0mm

Height: 298.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 288

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Arts & Culture Jennifer R. Henneman Non-Fiction

About the Author

Jennifer R. Henneman is director of the Petrie Institute of Western American Art and curator of Western American Art at the Denver Art Museum.