CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Sakabe, Madoka |
|---|---|
| Title | Italian Orientalist Paintings and Their Public Reception during the Risorgimento Period: Case Studies on Francesco Hayez and Alberto Pasini |
| Summary | n nineteenth-century Italy, specific forms of Orientalism and Oriental studies developed. In the art domain, many Italian artists painted Orientalist subjects and many of them travelled to the East. However, compared to those of French, British, and German Orientalist paintings, Italian Orientalist works were not considered important nor have been sufficiently studied. The nineteenth century in Italy is the age of unification, and the discourse of identity is complex. Recent historiography of the Risorgimento has discussed the entanglement of Orientalism and the Risorgimento from the perspective of travel and colonialism, while the interpretation of the Risorgimento as the birth of a new public sphere has been strengthened. I argue that Italian Orientalist paintings can be contextualized within the entanglement between a developing public sphere, Orientalism, travel literature, and Risorgimento discourses of identity. By analysing different types of publications on two Italian painters, Francesco Hayez and Alberto Pasini, during the Risorgimento era, I aim to shed light on the characteristics and public reception of Italian Orientalist paintings. Although Italian Orientalist paintings have not been considered important in the historiography of Orientalist paintings and Italian art history, they played a crucial rule in identity discourses in the public sphere, contributing both to shaping the image of the East in the eyes of the Italian public and to the construction of nationhood and nationalism. |
| Supervisor | Giusti Emanuele, Kokubo Marie |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/sakabe_madoka.pdf |
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