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The Glamour of Strangeness : : Artists and the Last age of the Exotic

James, Jamie, 1951- Book - 2016 700.19 Ja 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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An invitation -- The studio of the tropics -- Prince of Java -- Insanely gorgeous -- Goona-Goona in Bali -- The empire of the self -- Seekers of oblivion -- Possessed by rhythm -- The last age of exoticism.
"Exploration of a "rare, emotionally intense way of life" in which artists like Raden Saleh and Walter Spies abandon the cultures that created them and adopt an exotic alternative"-- Provided by publisher.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: xii, 364 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374163358
0374163359

SUBJECTS
Artists -- Psychology.
Artists -- Biography.
Alienation (Social psychology).
Identity (Psychology).