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The Slave Market and the Theatre of European Anxiety

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Author Brian Hawkeswood.                                                                                                   Nach unten scrollen für die deutsche Übersetzung https://artelbestudio.blogspot.com/2025/04/orientalist-beautiful-form-of-realism.html When Jean-Léon Gérôme exhibited The Slave Market in 1871, Europe was not an innocent observer of slavery. The Atlantic system had only recently been dismantled in parts of the Western world; Brazil would abolish slavery in 1888. European empires were expanding across Africa and the Middle East. Racial hierarchies were being codified in pseudo-scientific language. Anthropology, colonial administration, and academic painting shared an overlapping visual culture.         ...
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Mein erster Blick auf Chris Löhmann - My First Look at Chris Löhmann

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Author- Brian Hawkeswood                                                                                                             Scroll Down for English Version. Other pieces on the work of Chris Löhmann. https://artelbestudio.blogspot.com/2025/11/roots-of-discipline-in-garden-of-artist.html https://artelbestudio.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-ghost-at-border-of-fields.html Von einem Betrachter an der Schwelle zur Einsamkeit eines anderen Es war an einem stillen Morgen, als ich allein durch die halbvergessenen Gassen von Königstein wanderte, dass ich zum ersten Mal mit dem Werk von Chris Löhmann in Berührung kam. Die Stadt selbst – ruhig an der breiten Elbe gelegen, wie ein Gedanke, der sich in den Falten der sächsisch...
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