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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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Ancient Egypt-Why So Many Pictures?

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Author: Brian Hawkeswood .                                                       Scrollen Sie nach unten für die deutsche Version. The ubiquity of visual representation in ancient Egypt —seen in the temples, tombs, and artifacts that have survived millennia—invites deeper reflection on the role of imagery in human civilization. Was the intense focus on visual culture an anomaly specific to Egypt’s theological and social structures, or does it mirror a broader human impulse that continues today in different forms? The answer lies not in a simple dichotomy but in a continuum of visual expression, shaped by cultural, psychological, and existential imperatives. “ Luxor Temple ” covered with pictures. Ancient Egyptian art was not simply decoration. It was deeply intertwined with religious belief, the concept of eternity, and the social order. The reliefs, ...
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