图绘他者——19世纪东方题材绘画中的种族、性别与政治

Picturing the Other——The Race,Gender and Politics in Oriental Paintings in 19th Century

19世纪伴随着欧洲的殖民扩张,东方题材的绘画悄然盛行,艺术家们不仅关注异域的风俗风景,而且将画笔延伸到浴室、闺房以及奥斯曼帝国的后宫。由于受殖民主义和种族优越论的影响,他们对东方并非客观再现而是任意想象和歪曲。东方在他们笔下被塑造为欲望的天堂,女性特别是黑人妇女备受歧视,而所有这些又同殖民主义政治联系在一起。

With the colonial expansion of Europe,the oriental paintings became popular in 19th century. The material of artists wasn＇t confined to exotic customs and scenery any more. Instead,it extended to the bathroom,women＇s boudoirs and the Ottoman harem. Influenced by colonialism and doctrine of racial superiority,their representation of the east depends mainly on arbitrary imagination and distortion rather than objective facts. In their works,the east was portrayed as a paradise for westerners＇ desire,and women,especially black women were discriminated seriously,all of which were linked to the colonial politics.