{"product_id":"art-and-identity-in-spain-1833-1956-the-orient-within-9781350428539","title":"Art and Identity in Spain, 1833-1956: The Orient Within","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichly illustrated, this is the first study in English to explore the longevity of Orientalist art in Spain over a period of 120 years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt highlights how artists in Spain shaped perceptions of Al-Andalus (Iberia under Islam 711-1492) and northern Morocco, from Spain's liberal revolution of the 1830s to the end of the Protectorate of Morocco in 1956. Combining art history with a cultural studies approach, and using exemplary case studies, Hopkins foregrounds the diverse issues that underpin Orientalist expression: reflections on history and the nation, cultural nationalism, gender and sexuality, aesthetics and art commerce, colonialism and racial thinking. In the process, the book challenges over-familiar understandings of Western Orientalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeyond Fortuny and Sorolla, many unfamiliar artists and exhibitions are introduced, amongst them \u003cb\u003eVillaamil\u003c\/b\u003e, whose nostalgic landscapes evoked the loss of Andalusi culture; \u003cb\u003eB?cquer\u003c\/b\u003e, who celebrated Spanish-Moroccan peace-making through the lens of Vel?zquez; the Symbolist \u003cb\u003eRusi?ol\u003c\/b\u003e, whose images of the Alhambra are infused with melancholy; \u003cb\u003eMorcillo\u003c\/b\u003e, whose extraordinary camp images opened a new space for male subjectivity; \u003cb\u003eTapir?\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBertuchi\u003c\/b\u003e, who dedicated their lives to Morocco, and the Moroccan \u003cb\u003eSarghini\u003c\/b\u003e, who participated in the state-funded \u003ci\u003ePainters of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e exhibitions in Franco's Madrid - an annual exhibition that served the colonial concept of a Hispano-Moroccan brotherhood under the dictatorship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book traces the shifting impulses and meanings of Orientalist expression in Spain. It makes an original intervention in the field of Spanish art studies and contributes new material to the ongoing debates about Western Orientalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Art History at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She served as the Director of the Zurbar?n Centre for Spanish and Latin American Art at Durham University between 2020 and 2023, and is Editor of \u003ci\u003eArt in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e. Recent publications include \u003ci\u003eRomantic Spain. David Roberts and Genero P?rez Villaamil\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), which won the Jonathan Brown Award of the Society of Global Iberian Art (SIGA) for exceptional achievement in an exhibition catalogue, and the co-edited two-volume \u003ci\u003eHot Art, Cold War-European Writing on American Art 1945-1990\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900671725842,"sku":"9781350428539","price":135.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0c8cc9c4-70ea-42ac-bf60-15047d26661a.jpg?v=1738391643","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/art-and-identity-in-spain-1833-1956-the-orient-within-9781350428539","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}