Oliver Wunsch

Detail of a pastel portrait by Perronneau showing the face of Fleuriau

New post on Colonial Networks: Oliver Wunsch writes about "Fleuriau's Skin"
www.colonialnetworks.org?p=849

The Aesthetic Redemption of the Black Body in Eighteenth-Century France Abstract. Audiences in eighteenth-century France felt little compunction about admiring African people in art while denigrating them in life. They reconcil

I have a new article in the current issue of Art History. It’s about how audiences in 18th-century France could admire Black people in art while denigrating them in life, believing that art had uniquely ameliorating effects. academic.oup.com/arthistory/a...

UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

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