THE ORIENTAL TRAVEL JOURNEY IN LITERATURE AND ARTS - A VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF FEMININE BEAUTY -
THE ORIENTAL TRAVEL JOURNEY IN LITERATURE AND ARTS - A VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF FEMININE BEAUTY -
Author(s): Ana-Mihaela IstrateSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Romanticism; exoticism; Orientalism; experimental aesthetics; iconology;
Summary/Abstract: Beginning with the 19th century, la femme orientale becomes a metaphor of the East. Literature and arts embark on an attempt to change the traditional values of the Arab world, promoting Western thinking. The parallel study between contemporary literary texts and works of art highlight the common attitude of the Western world towards the East, whose problems related to gender relations, represented a cause of a continuous astonishment.By making reference to the literary travel journeys of Julia Pardoe, Beauties of the Bosphorus, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s Middle Eastern letter journal, as well as to a set of works of art by Jean-Étienne Liotard, Jean-Léon Gérôme, or Ingres, the present iconological study tries to bridge the gap between mentalities, regarding woman’s status in society.
Journal: Studii de Ştiinţă şi Cultură
- Issue Year: XV/2019
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 143-154
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English