Exotic_Judy Sund_9780714876375_Phaidon Press Ltd
SKU: 9780714876375 Supplier: Phaidon Press Ltd Out of stockDescription
Author: Judy Sund
Format: Hardback | 272 pages
Dimensions: 172 x 245 x 31mm | 1,133.98g
Publication date: 23 Apr 2019
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.
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