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Discover the profound relationships between visual art and deaf culture in this groundbreaking work exploring the silent poetry of the deaf community in France. Nicholas Mirzoeff’s 'Silent Poetry' delves into how the French Revolution reshaped the perspectives on deafness, cultivating an art scene populated by deaf artists. With over a century of captivating contributions from painters, sculptors, photographers, and graphic artists, all stemming from the Institute for the Deaf in Paris, this book chronicles a vibrant yet often overlooked aspect of cultural history.
Through a meticulous examination enriched by extensive archival research, Mirzoeff uncovers how societal trends such as Darwinism, eugenics, and race science marginalized these artists, relegating the deaf community to the fringes of artistic narratives. This compelling analysis reframes the “silent screen of deafness” as an essential context in the history of 19th-century art, challenging traditional art history viewpoints.
Intended for students, scholars, and art enthusiasts alike, 'Silent Poetry' offers insights into art history, cultural studies, and the interplay between visual culture and social constructs. Explore the essential connections between deafness and art, and gain a fresh perspective on the historical role of deaf artists. This is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of visual culture and its marginalized narratives.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9780691655567, Format: Trade paperback (US), Year: 2019, Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691655567
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Description:
This book explores the dynamic interaction between art and the sign language of the deaf in France from the philsopheRs to the introduction of the sound motion picture. Nicholas Mirzoeff shows how the French Revolution transformed the ancienT regime metaphor of painting as silent poetry into a nineteenth-century school of over one hundred deaf artists. Painters, sculptors, photographers, and graphic artists all emanated from the Institute for the Deaf in Paris, playing a central role in the vibrant deaf culture of the period. With the rise of Darwinism, eugenics, and race science, however, the deaf found themselves categorized as "savages," excluded and ignored by the hearing. This book is concerned with the process and history of that marginalization, the constitution of a "center" from which the abnormal could be excluded, and the vital role of visual culture within this discourse.
Based on groundbreaking archival and pictorial research, Mirzoeff's exciting and intertextual analysis of what he terms the "silent screen of deafness" produces an alternative hIstory of nineteenth-century art that challenges canonical view of the history of art, the inheritance of the Enlightenment, and the functions, status, and meanings of visual culture itself. Fusing methodologies from cultural studies, poststructuralism and art history, his study will be important for students and scholars of art history, cultural and deaf studies, and the history of medicine, and will interest a general audience concerned with the relationship of the deaf and the larger society.
Nicholas Mirzoeff is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Wisconsin
Through a meticulous examination enriched by extensive archival research, Mirzoeff uncovers how societal trends such as Darwinism, eugenics, and race science marginalized these artists, relegating the deaf community to the fringes of artistic narratives. This compelling analysis reframes the “silent screen of deafness” as an essential context in the history of 19th-century art, challenging traditional art history viewpoints.
Intended for students, scholars, and art enthusiasts alike, 'Silent Poetry' offers insights into art history, cultural studies, and the interplay between visual culture and social constructs. Explore the essential connections between deafness and art, and gain a fresh perspective on the historical role of deaf artists. This is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of visual culture and its marginalized narratives.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9780691655567, Format: Trade paperback (US), Year: 2019, Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780691655567
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Description:
This book explores the dynamic interaction between art and the sign language of the deaf in France from the philsopheRs to the introduction of the sound motion picture. Nicholas Mirzoeff shows how the French Revolution transformed the ancienT regime metaphor of painting as silent poetry into a nineteenth-century school of over one hundred deaf artists. Painters, sculptors, photographers, and graphic artists all emanated from the Institute for the Deaf in Paris, playing a central role in the vibrant deaf culture of the period. With the rise of Darwinism, eugenics, and race science, however, the deaf found themselves categorized as "savages," excluded and ignored by the hearing. This book is concerned with the process and history of that marginalization, the constitution of a "center" from which the abnormal could be excluded, and the vital role of visual culture within this discourse.
Based on groundbreaking archival and pictorial research, Mirzoeff's exciting and intertextual analysis of what he terms the "silent screen of deafness" produces an alternative hIstory of nineteenth-century art that challenges canonical view of the history of art, the inheritance of the Enlightenment, and the functions, status, and meanings of visual culture itself. Fusing methodologies from cultural studies, poststructuralism and art history, his study will be important for students and scholars of art history, cultural and deaf studies, and the history of medicine, and will interest a general audience concerned with the relationship of the deaf and the larger society.
Nicholas Mirzoeff is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Wisconsin