Art, Awakening, And Modernity In The Middle East: The Arab Nude (routledge Research In Art History)

"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days of the fine arts genre of the nude, as its author studies a particular aspect through analysis of artworks and historical documents from the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries. The volume examines a rich body of reproductions of both primary documents and of works of art made by Lebanese, Egyptian, Syrian artists or of anonymous book illustrations from the nineteenth century Ottoman erotic literature."--Provided by publisher "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days of the fine arts genre of the nude, as its author studies a particular aspect through analysis of artworks and historical documents from the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries. The volume examines a rich body of reproductions of both primary documents and of works of art made by Lebanese, Egyptian, Syrian artists or of anonymous book illustrations from the nineteenth century Ottoman erotic literature"--OCLC Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Figures 7 Acknowledgments 10 Notes on Transliteration and Translation 12 1 Introduction: The ‘Arab Nude’ 14 2 Necessary Nudes: Hadatha and Mu‘asara in the Lives of Modern Lebanese 30 3 Early Representations of Nudity in the Ottoman Press: A Look at Nineteenth-Century Ottoman and Arabic Erotic Literature 57 4 Ideal Nudes and Iconic Bodies in the Works of the Egyptian Pioneers 82 5 The Nudism of Sheikh Fouad Hobeiche 99 6 The Feminine Nude as an Expression of Modernity in the Work of Mahmud Mukhtar 110 7 Bare Language 126 8 Msalkha, or the Anti-Nude 142 Works and Sources Cited 152 Notes on Contributors 163 Index 166