Art
Asia and Africa in Western European Art
Globalization is generally associated as a modern phenomenon, however, it is a global movement that began with the Greeks and did not accelerate until the renaissance era. The West, going back to Alexander the Great, has a long history of interactions with Asia and Africa. Ideas and goods were consistently traded. This trend of globalization accelerated with the age of exploration in the 16th century when Europeans came into further contact with Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Driven by the quest for gold and natural resources Western European traders navigated the world. This had a profound effect back home, as Europeans developed an interest in the exotic. The interest blossomed during the 18th and 19th century, during the height of Western power and colonialism. Curiosity into the foreign permeated all levels of society. Artists incorporated Asian and African artistic styles into their own. This paper will examine the extent of Asian and African influence on Western art by looking at specific examples discussed by Ori Soltes.
European fascination with foreign art began in the world of Louis the XIV, XV, and XVI. Examining the work, Chinese Fishing Scene (1742), by Francois Boucher, a prominent artist from the middle of the 18th century, one notices the obvious Asian influences. It depicts a world so vastly different, culturally and linguistically foreign from the halls of Paris and the rest of Europe (Soltes, "Asia and Africa in the Western Mind"). A serene and idealized view, in which relaxed figures are set in a calm setting along the water, in contrast to the woodland and streams of Boucher's Paris. The Western obsession with foreign cultures continued, into the 1800s, evident in John Nash's The Chinese Gallery, the royal pavilion in Brighton built for the prince regent George IV (Soltes). It's an extraordinary mesh of Persian-indian elements, reminiscent of the Taj Mahal, from the white domes and minarets. The artistic style of the Pavilion also includes Western influences evident in the gothic windows surrounding the...
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