Exotic : a fetish for the foreign /
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, h...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Phaidon Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 271 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780714876375 (hardback) 0714876372 (hardback) |