AMCULT 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Joshua Reynolds, Omai, Racialization
18 Jun 2018
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European Explorations and Art
● Jolly reading
○ Main theme
■ Exotic- means different from whoever is viewing
● Unfamiliar
■ erotic -
○ Phenomenon of the bikini
■ Bikini is an atoll in the pacific micronesia
■ Spot in the pacific
■ But now we think of it as the two piece swimsuit
● By french designer louis reards
■ Invisible politics
● Tahiti revisted by william hodges
○ Not a threatening place
○ Women swimming naked
○ Lots of greenery
○ Have pacific tattoos on butt
○ Lounging
○ No building infrastructure
○ Looks mythical
○ edenic
● Poedua by william hodges
○ She was the daughter of a riatian chief
○ Known as riatian princess
○ Kidnapped by european sailors
○ Held prisoner on a ship for three weeks
○ Represents the pacific pacific
○ Background looks dark and stormy
○ Looks like greek goddess
■ White wrap
■ Flowers in hair
○ Very fair skin
■ Roman aesthetic
○ Regal looking
■ Classic
● Captain james cook
● Melanesia
○ Black islands
● Racialization of the pacific
● Portrait of omai
○ He visited europe
○ Pacific world traveler
○ Joshua reynolds
