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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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The Rose Blossom Princess (The Long Road from Dresden’s Old Town to Freital Deuben) ((Henriette in the New Town))

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Author- Brian Hawkeswood.                                                                                                          Scroll Down for English Version. Other pieces on the work of Chris Löhmann. https://artelbestudio.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-ghost-at-border-of-fields.html https://artelbestudio.blogspot.com/2025/08/mein-erster-blick-auf-chris-lohmann-my.html " Die Rosenblütenprinzessin (Der lange Weg von der Dresdner Altstadt nach Freital-Deuben) ((Henriette in der Neustadt))" Chris Löhmann. In einem örtlichen Park irgendwo in Dresden, zwischen den abblätternden Wänden und den beschmierten Fassaden sächsischer Mehrfamilienhäuser – jener Gründerzeitbauten, die die Bombardierung Dresdens überstanden haben – steht eine...
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