ARTH 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Natalism, Canadian Art, History Of The Jews In Poland
2 Mar 2018
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Leonora carrington: the horse is the personal totem animal, influenced by the celtic mythology and was interested in alchemy and fairy tales. 164 and the white horse represent dual aspects of a woman and goddess: positive and negative, life and death. Marx ernst was the one to introduce her to surrealism. 1920s were liberal years in paris, left bank was associated with bohemian artists. Josephine baker, la revue negre 1925 paris: interest in black culture by the avant-garde artists and white art consumers a sign of being modern and fashionable in the 20s, neogrophilia: performed savagery for white audiences. Negrophiles possessed a high sexuality, there was an idea that the black culture was more sexual and savage than the white. William blake, whipping of a samboe girl: done in support of the slavery abolition, this work was a pornographic work that played on the black female body suffering.
