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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 End of Postmodernism: A Call for Reconstructivism in Western Art and Culture.

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   Author: Brian Hawkeswood.                  The End of Postmodernism: A Call for Reconstructivism in Western Art and Culture.                                                                   “Scrollen Sie nach unten, um den Text auf Deutsch zu lesen.” “Das Ende des Postmodernismus: Ein Aufruf zum Rekonstruktivismus in westlicher Kunst und Kultur.” Postmodernism, a movement that emerged in the mid-20th century as a reaction against the grand narratives and structured forms of modernism, has long dominated Western art and culture. It is characterized by irony, skepticism, relativism, and a deliberate embrace of fragmentation. While it once served as a necessary critique of rigid artistic and cultural norms, postmodernism has now devolved into an intellectual cul-de-sa...
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