ARTH 260 * Introduction to Art History * Professor Sarah Benson * Spring 2005
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PAPER 1
Analysis of a painting
For this assignment you will analyze a painting at the Johnson Museum of Art and compare it to works in an outside reading that will be assigned. You will also practice using post-colonial theory, an art-historical approach that you will discuss in section during WEEK 3.
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Painting:
Jean-Léon GÉRÔME (French, 1824-1904), Almeh Performing the Sword Dance , 1875. Oil on canvas. 73.009. {2 nd floor}
Readings:
* Marilyn R. BROWN. "The Harem Dehistoricized: Ingre's Turkish Bath." Arts Magazine (1987): 58-68.
* Leslie LUEBBERS. "Documenting the Invisible: European Images of Ottoman Women, 1567-1867." Print Collector's Newsletter (March -April 1993): 1-7.
* Anne D'ALLEVA. "Cultural Studies and postcolonial theory." In Look! Again: Art History and Critical Theory . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005, pp. 76-86.
