- M.A. Art History, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen (1988); Ph.D. Art History Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen (19... moreM.A. Art History, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen (1988); Ph.D. Art History Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen (1993); Postdoctoral Fellow Johann Wolfgang-Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main (1996/97) Assistant Professor at the Seminar for Art History, Humboldt University Berlin (1998-2004).
From 2004 to date Hildegard Fruebis has been held several visiting professorships for Art History, Gender- and Jewish Studies (Hamburg, Frankfurt/M., Tübingen; Vienna, Graz).edit
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Die Kunstlerreise in den Orient steht in der Nachfolge bzw. kann als eine Ausweitung der europaischen 'Grand Tour' auf Gebiete jenseits der bekannten europaischen Territorien und ihre mittlerweile kanonisierten Sehenswurdigkeiten... more
Die Kunstlerreise in den Orient steht in der Nachfolge bzw. kann als eine Ausweitung der europaischen 'Grand Tour' auf Gebiete jenseits der bekannten europaischen Territorien und ihre mittlerweile kanonisierten Sehenswurdigkeiten betrachtet werden. Zu den fruhesten Kunstlerreisen in den Orient, die einen reichen Bildbestand nach Europa brachten, gehort die des Franzosen Louis-Francois Cassas. In seiner 'Voyage pittoresque' entwirft er ein 'archaologisches Image' des Orients, das das 'Orientbild' der Aufklarung bestimmt. In deren Nachfolge steht die von Napoleon initiierte Agypten-Expedition von 1798/1799, als deren Resultat das uber zwanzig Bande umfassende Werk der 'Description de l'Egypte' entsteht. Am Anspruch dieser 'Bildsammlung' auf eine umfassende und vollstandige Erfassung des Landes lasst sich eine neue Qualitat des Reisens erkennen, die unter den Vorzeichen von Wissenschaft, Kolonialismus und der Arbeit des Zeichners steht.
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Art History and Art
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Hildegard Frubis: “Olmert reconsiders withdrawal plans”. The Power of Images – Critical Visual Studies and Feminist Criticism In current visual representations of Islamic countries in the mass media, including newspapers and periodicals,... more
Hildegard Frubis: “Olmert reconsiders withdrawal plans”. The Power of Images – Critical Visual Studies and Feminist Criticism In current visual representations of Islamic countries in the mass media, including newspapers and periodicals, we can observe the emergence of an image of “the Orient” that forms part of the visual politics of a “new” Orientalism. In the photograph analyzed here, three main motifs come to light: the circle around the veiled woman; the religious symbols of Islam, including the mosque; and visible signs of violence. The article considers the relationship between the photographic images – as part of mass media reporting and as products of an artistic tradition – and the reality from which they arise. At the same time, the pictures are understood as contributing to the perception and constitution of that “reality”.
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Hildegard Frubis: Site(s): Gender-Image-Politics: An Introduction Issue No. 44 takes the form of a workshop report to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of FKW . The editors each contribute brief snapshots to provide an illuminating... more
Hildegard Frubis: Site(s): Gender-Image-Politics: An Introduction Issue No. 44 takes the form of a workshop report to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of FKW . The editors each contribute brief snapshots to provide an illuminating insight into the journal’s future. The FKW editorial team has changed almost entirely since 2004, and accordingly many ambitious ideas exist for current issues. This circumstance was a further reason for conceiving the present jubilee issue as a series of spotlights, in which the current editors each present their perspectives on a wide range of subjects, including art, the image, gender, the cultural and political status of the visual, and so on. The brief contributions should be regarded as a kind of laboratory situation, in which the members of the editorial board discuss their research interests and establish how these relate to feminist issues and also to the current debates on cultural policy.
Research Interests:
The artist journey to the Orient was a successor to the European Grand Tour. It can also be seen as an expansion of the Tour to territories beyond known parts of Europe and hitherto canonized places of interest. The earliest artist... more
The artist journey to the Orient was a successor to the European Grand Tour. It can also be seen as an expansion of the Tour to territories beyond known parts of Europe and hitherto canonized places of interest. The earliest artist journeys to the Orient brought a rich stock of images to Europe. One such journey was undertaken by the Frenchman Louis-Francois Cassas, whose 'Voyage pittoresque' sketches an 'archaeological portrait' of the Orient that was authoritative for the Enlightenment's 'image' of the region. One of its successors was Napoleon's Egyptian expedition of 1798/1799, the result of which was the work 'Description de l'Egypte' (in over twenty volumes). The aspiration of this 'image collection' to make a comprehensive and complete record of the country indicates a new character of travel – one related to science, colonialism, and the work of the draughtsman.
Research Interests: Art and Visual Arts
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests: History and Transcript
Mit dem Bild Massaker in Korea, das zu Ende des Jahres 1950 entstand und bis zu seiner ersten offentlichen Prasentation im Pariser Salon de Mai 1951 noch ohne Titel blieb, nahm Picasso Stellung zu einem Krieg, in dem Korea zum Schauplatz... more
Mit dem Bild Massaker in Korea, das zu Ende des Jahres 1950 entstand und bis zu seiner ersten offentlichen Prasentation im Pariser Salon de Mai 1951 noch ohne Titel blieb, nahm Picasso Stellung zu einem Krieg, in dem Korea zum Schauplatz eines Burgerkrieges wurde, dessen Ursachen in dem durch die politischen Machtblocke errichteten Spannungsfeld des sogenannten „Kalten Krieges“ lagen.
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
The Figure of the Beautiful Jewess: Displacements on the Borders between East and West The figure of the Beautiful Jewess is less well researched in visual media than it is in literature; her pictorial depictions focus on the... more
The Figure of the Beautiful Jewess: Displacements on the Borders between East and West
The figure of the Beautiful Jewess is less well researched in visual media than it is in literature; her pictorial depictions focus on the particularity of her beauty – on the deep-set dark eyes and the equally dark and mostly curly long hair. She is possessor of a specific – an exotic – beauty that distinguishes her from her non-Jewish surroundings and makes her visible in a way that connects her with the Orient – which marks her as alien and different. My thesis is that the Beautiful Jewess is to be regarded as a figure on the borderline – as a figure that in the historical development of this image motif paces off the terrain of Jewish conflicts in a non-Jewish but also in Jewish environments. This is particularly evident in the changes between Eastern and Western European Jewry, where the Figure of the Beautiful Jewess serving as metaphor for a shift in boundaries.
The figure of the Beautiful Jewess is less well researched in visual media than it is in literature; her pictorial depictions focus on the particularity of her beauty – on the deep-set dark eyes and the equally dark and mostly curly long hair. She is possessor of a specific – an exotic – beauty that distinguishes her from her non-Jewish surroundings and makes her visible in a way that connects her with the Orient – which marks her as alien and different. My thesis is that the Beautiful Jewess is to be regarded as a figure on the borderline – as a figure that in the historical development of this image motif paces off the terrain of Jewish conflicts in a non-Jewish but also in Jewish environments. This is particularly evident in the changes between Eastern and Western European Jewry, where the Figure of the Beautiful Jewess serving as metaphor for a shift in boundaries.
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Die Künstlerreise in den Orient steht in der Nachfolge bzw. kann als eine Ausweitung der europäischen "Grand Tour" auf Gebiete jenseits der bekannten europäischen Territorien und ihre mittlerweile kanonisierten Sehenswürdigkeiten... more
Die Künstlerreise in den Orient steht in der Nachfolge bzw. kann als eine Ausweitung der europäischen "Grand Tour" auf Gebiete jenseits der bekannten europäischen Territorien und ihre mittlerweile kanonisierten Sehenswürdigkeiten betrachtet werden. Zu den frühesten Künstlerreisen in den Orient, die einen reichen Bildbestand nach Europa brachten, gehört die des Franzosen Louis-François Cassas. In seiner "Voyage pittoresque" entwirft er ein "archäologisches Image" des Orients, das das "Orientbild" der Aufklärung bestimmt. In deren Nachfolge steht die von Napoleon initiierte Ägypten-Expedition von 1798/1799, als deren Resultat das über zwanzig Bände umfassende Werk der "Description de l'Égypte" entsteht. Am Anspruch dieser "Bildsammlung" auf eine umfassende und vollständige Erfassung des Landes lässt sich eine neue Qualität des Reisens erkennen, die unter den Vorzeichen von Wissenschaft, Kolonialismus und der Arbeit des Zeichners steht.