EXOTIC SWITZERLAND: LOOKING OUTWARD IN T

ETIENNE, NOEMIE

ISBN 10: 3035802270 / ISBN 13: 9783035802276

Verlag: Diaphanes, 2020

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers NWUS9783035802276

Inhaltsangabe:

Why is an object, an artwork, or a person deemed “exotic”? How does one’s gaze get directed onto things or people seemingly belonging to other regions or cultures? These questions are examined here in relation to a specific context: the Enlightenment era from the Swiss perspective. This publication brings together research by academics and museum specialists for the first time in order to rethink this time period and geography. It contains essays and shorter texts centered on pictures, objects, books, and natural specimens from Swiss museum collections. “Exotic” in this context refers to things that come from elsewhere and that can be used and “improved” for the benefit of European powers. The term invites us to reconsider both the long eighteenth century and the international history of Switzerland.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Noémie Étienne is professor of Early Modern Art History at the University of Bern.

Étienne Wismer is doctoral student in art history at the University of Bern.

Chonja Lee is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bern.

Claire Brizon is doctoral student in art history at the University of Bern.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: EXOTIC SWITZERLAND: LOOKING OUTWARD IN T
Verlag: Diaphanes
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: NEW