Painting the East (feat. Jackal)
Summary
Josiah is joined by Jackal (@JackalJester) to discuss Orientalism in art history. They take some time to look over a few paintings and try to examine what they say about European perceptions of the East, as well as European perceptions of their role in the East.Josiah is joined by Jackal (@JackalJester) to discuss Orientalism in art history. They take some time to look over a few paintings and try to examine what they say about European perceptions of the East, as well as European perceptions of their role in the East.
References
Orientalism by Edward Said
Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa, painted by Antoine-Jean Gros (1804)
The Massacre at Chios, painted by Eugène Delacroix (1824)
Solomon’s Wall, painted by Vasily Vereshchagin (1884-5)
The Apotheosis of War, painted by Vasily Vereshchagin (1871)
They are Triumphant, painted by Vasily Vereshchagin (1871-2)
The Slave Market, painted by Otto Pilny (1910)
The Slave Market, painted by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1866)
The Snake Charmer, painted by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1879)
Music
Yesterday – bloom.
The Boy with the Arab Strap – Belle and Sebastian
Commiserations – Society
танцевать (Dance) – Molchat Doma
Excuses – The Morning Bender
Palaces of Montezuma – Grinderman
In My Dreams – bloom.
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