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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.         ...

Adolf: Destroyer of Civilizations, Saviour of Art?

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Author - Brian Hawkeswood.                                                                                              " Scrollen Sie nach unten, um den Text auf  " Adolf Hitler stands as one of the most infamous figures in modern history—a man whose actions precipitated a global war, led to the deaths of millions (forty million) and dismantled much of Europe’s cultural, intellectual, and human fabric. Yet, amid the devastation, there remains a curious strand in the narrative of his life: his enduring interest in art. Hitler was, before all else, an aspiring artist. As a young man, he applied twice to the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and was rejected both times, primarily for his poor grasp of human anatomy and figure drawing. His surviving works—...