In:
Romantisme, PERSEE Program, Vol. 35, No. 130 ( 2005), p. 67-79
Abstract:
The " geographies" of an: faces, races and myths in " ethnographie" painting. Theodore Valeria (1819-1879) belonged to a génération of artists who tried to create, by way af their portrayal of different races, bodies of Work that were anthropological in nature. The sculptor Charles Cordier, whose work was honoured by a Musee d'Orsay exhibition in 2004, was another. The opportnnity came to Valerio through travels he made in central Europe between 1851 and 1854. From these trips he brought back watercolours and drawings, and also writings, published in I858 in the journal L ' artiste, entitled " Ethnographie essays on Hungarian peuples ". Valerio's approach firs into the context of that era's geographica! research on " physiagnomy", in which Alexandre de Humboldt encouraged him to take an interest. The technique and spirit af his ethnographie portfolios, presented at the World Exhibition of I855, show they bear relation to contemporary raciological methods of approach. However, they were also inspired by aesthetic issues and by the quiest for identity that many artists in the XlXth Century pursued, gladly associating their " race " with that of lhe Other, elsewhere in the world.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0048-8593
DOI:
10.3406/roman.2005.6635
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
2005
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2375342-0
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7061-0
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7,30
SSG:
7,12
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