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Art, Awakening, and Modernity in the Middle East: The Arab Nude book cover

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Art, Awakening, and Modernity in the Middle East The Arab Nude

Edited By Octavian Esanu Copyright 2018
168 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This edited scholarly volume offers a perspective on the history of the genre of the nude in the Middle East and includes contributions written by scholars from several disciplines (art history, history, anthropology). Each chapter provides a distinct perspective on the early days of the fine arts genre of the nude, as its author studies a particular aspect through analysis of artworks and... Read more

Introduction: The Arab Nude: A Genre of the Fine Arts as a Tool of Modernization

[Octavian Esanu]

1. Necessary Nudes: Hadatha and Mu’asara in the Lives of Modern Lebanese

[Kirsten Scheid]

2. Early Representations of Nudity in the Ottoman Press: A Look at Nineteenth-Century Ottoman and Arab Erotic Literature

[Hala Auji]

3. Ideal Nudes and Iconic Bodies in the Works of the Egyptian Pioneers

[Nadia Radwan]

4. The Nudism of Sheikh Fouad Hobeiche

[Hala Bizri]

5. The Feminine Nude as an Expression of Modernism Through the Works of Mahmoud Moukhtar

[Elka Correa]

6. Unveiling the Nude and the Crisis of Manhood　

[Nadia Bou Ali]

7. Musallekhah, or the Anti-Nude

[Saleem Al-Baholy]

Biography

Octavian Esanu is Assistant Professor of Art History at the American University of Beirut.

"Art, Awakening, and Modernity in the Middle East: The Arab Nude is an important cross-disciplinary contribution to studies of art and intellectual history during the nahda, especially given the continued presumption of the scandalousness of these artworks."

--CAA Reviews

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