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Vanishing Paradise

- Art and Exoticism in Colonial Tahiti

About Vanishing Paradise

Offers a fresh take on the modernist primitivism of the French painter Paul Gauguin, the nostalgic exoticism of the American John LaFarge, and the elite tourism of the American writer Henry Adams. This title explores how these artists, lured by romantic ideas about travel and exploration, wrestled with the elusiveness of paradise.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780520271739
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 352
  • Published:
  • May 18, 2013
  • Dimensions:
  • 184x258x34 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 1016 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: October 18, 2024

Description of Vanishing Paradise

Offers a fresh take on the modernist primitivism of the French painter Paul Gauguin, the nostalgic exoticism of the American John LaFarge, and the elite tourism of the American writer Henry Adams. This title explores how these artists, lured by romantic ideas about travel and exploration, wrestled with the elusiveness of paradise.

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