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Exotic

Name: Exotic
Brand: Phaidon
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A Fetish for the Foreign

By: Judy Sund

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Hardcover | 15 March 2019 | Edition Number 1

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272 Pages

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3.1 x 18.1 x 25.3

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A fascinating survey of the enduring human love affair with the exotic and the strange, and its impact on Western culture

Exotic explores our obsession with the lure of distant lands and their promise of the weird and wonderful, the beautiful and grotesque. Through a host of evocative images, this book shows how the absorption of 'the foreign,' through arts, design, architecture, and other cultural elements, has consistently enriched Western society, contributing to it cultural dynamism and artistic energy. Exotic's focus is especially relevant to the modern globalized world in which our engagement with cultures and traditions from around the globe is easier - and potentially more fraught - than ever before.

About the Author

Judy Sund is professor of modern European art and art of the Americas at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her publications include Van Gogh, in Phaidon's Art & Ideas series (2002).

Industry Reviews

"[Sund] argues with wit, intelligence and myriad examples, from the erudite to the pop, in this gorgeously illustrated book... Captivating."-1stdibs Introspective Magazine

"A new book by Phiadon about our enduring love affair with the exotic and the strange in art and design."-Cover magazine

"In our increasingly globalized world, the book serves as a fascinating reminder of how art has served as a tool of cultural assimilation."-Artnet

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