Author: Jessica Warren
Publisher:
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Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Following the opening of Japan to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, many artists began to incorporate Japanese stylistic elements and objects into their works. James McNeill Whistler was one of the most dedicated adherents to japonisme, the new style born of the combination between Eastern and Western art. Like many others, he appropriated elements of this style not to produce a genuinely Japanese creation, but a European piece infused with Japanese elements. Japonisme, as a sub-category of Orientalism, carried with it connotations of Oriental passivity, questionable morality, and an objectification that invited the Western male gaze. This thesis investigates the connection between Whistler's biography and the connotations of japonisme within his art. The application of japonisme in Whistler's art serves to create an image of the Other as juxtaposed with the Western viewer. The human figures within Whistler's japonisme works are either de-emphasized as the decorative quality of the art takes over, or they are eroticized as the Western painter asserts the moral inferiority of the East and invites the Westerner to gaze upon the depicted individuals. Due to the fact that Whistler represented women from his personal life in his japonisme paintings, these works reveal a private narrative for Whistler of mastery over the female subject. Taking a psychoanalytic approach, this thesis argues that Whistler made a conscious decision to depict women in this style, fully knowing the social and cultural implications of japonisme. This decision was born of psychological issues that he had regarding the lack of mastery over females in his own life. Thus, despite his conscious decision to apply an Orientalist aesthetic, he may not have made the connection between his latent personal issues of mastery and his use of Orientalism. These works demonstrate the way in which, through this objectification and subjugation, Whistler symbolically takes back some of the authority that he had relinquished to the females in his personal life. These japonsime works can be seen as a means for Whistler to assert personal mastery through the depiction of cultural and social mastery.
Author: Ayako Ono
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136625038
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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Japan held a profound fascination for western artists in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the influence of Japonisme on western art was pervasive. Paradoxically, just as western artists were beginning to find inspiration in Japan and Japanese art, Japan was opening to the western world and beginning a process of thorough modernisation, some have said westernisation. The mastery of western art was included in the programme. This book examines the nineteenth century art world against this background and explores Japanese influences on four artists working in Britain in particular: the American James McNeill Whistler, the Australian Mortimer Menpes, and the 'Glasgow boys' George Henry and Edward Atkinson Hornel. Japonisme in Britian is richly illustrated throughout.
Author: Ayako Ono
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781003343110
Category : Art, European
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Ono examines cross-cultural artistic exchange between the West and Japan from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Studies of Japonisme have been dominated by searching out relationships of influence between artworks - trying to identify which specific works influenced a particular artist. Ono argues that a more holistic understanding of "spillover effects" is necessary in fully comprehending the nuances of these relationships. She bases this argument on documents and works of art in the context of globalization, looking at the relationships between James McNeill Whistler and others with their contemporaries in the Japanese artistic and literary worlds. This was a more complex two-way exchange than is often appreciated, with Western artists taking inspiration from (to them) new Japanese styles, while Japanese artists and writers were trying to craft a "modern", more western-influences style to reflect the modern nation of Japan emerging onto the world stage after centuries of relative isolation. A fascinating analysis of the role of globalisation and cultural exchange in the development of new and hybrid artforms, that will be essential reading for scholars of this fascinating period in international art history"--
Author: Angelle M Vinet
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483471233
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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The discovery of this masterpiece Whistler's "Portrait of William Merritt Chase," along with another important Whistler painting, "Harmony in Black, No10," reveals exciting new discoveries on Whistler's artistic methods, from the Old Masters and the artistic truisms of the Renaissance. Documented analysis including x-ray examination, forensics and recognized paintings by Whistler's followers will confirm this portrait and "Harmony in Black, No10," with x-ray revealing two lost paintings. These Whistler paintings connect scholarship and identify paintings worthy of merit and what makes a masterpiece a masterpiece.
Author: Charlene B. Steen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Author: Arthur Jerome Eddy
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Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Author: Toshio Watanabe
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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The book demonstrates the importance of Britain in the early dissemination of Japanese art in the West and analyses British reactions to Japanese art, both theoretical and artistic. This book differs from most others on Japonisme in that it deals with Britain rather than France and is concerned with an early period. It discusses design as well as fine art, gives the first comprehensive account of the debate among Victorian design theorists on Japanese art and utilises a wealth of little-known source material. It also proposes a radically new interpretation of Whistler's Japonisme.
Author: Ayako Ono
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136625100
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Japan held a profound fascination for western artists in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the influence of Japonisme on western art was pervasive. Paradoxically, just as western artists were beginning to find inspiration in Japan and Japanese art, Japan was opening to the western world and beginning a process of thorough modernisation, some have said westernisation. The mastery of western art was included in the programme. This book examines the nineteenth century art world against this background and explores Japanese influences on four artists working in Britain in particular: the American James McNeill Whistler, the Australian Mortimer Menpes, and the 'Glasgow boys' George Henry and Edward Atkinson Hornel. Japonisme in Britian is richly illustrated throughout.
Author: Klaus Berger
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521373210
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 415
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Author: Hope Whitaker
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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