Gauguin's Tahitian body

Author

Brooks, Peter

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Yale journal of criticism. 1990, Num. 2, Vol. 3, p. 51-90, 13 ill.

ISSN

0893-5378

Abstract (en)

Explores the significance of Gauguin's sojourn in Tahiti against the larger background of the European experience of Tahiti as recorded by Wallis (1767) and Bougainville (1771) and popularized in 19th c. guidebooks and exhibitions. Gauguin's search for a new imagery of the female nude, a "Tahitian Eve" whose body is sexualized without sin, is examined in relation to issues of exoticism, primitivism, colonialism, and sexuality.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- France
• Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903
• Painting
• France
• 1800-1900
• Tahiti (PYF)
• Sojourn
• Nude
• Women
• Primitivism
• Sexuality
• Bougainville, Louis Antoine de, 1729-1811
• Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
• Representation

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- France
• Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903
• Peinture
• France
• 1800-1900
• Tahiti (PYF)
• Séjour
• Nu
• Femmes
• Primitivisme
• Sexualité
• Bougainville, Louis Antoine de, 1729-1811
• Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
• Représentation

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00419900

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