the exoticised depictions of Africa and Asia that served to justify European imperial imaginaries.

 

Embodied Ideals: The Representation of Women in European Public Sculpture (1836–1937) Henry Moore Institute Wednesday 8 October 2025, 10:00–18:30 Free Hear from guest speakers as they address how colonial frameworks informed the representation of women, especially in the exoticised depictions of Africa and Asia that served to justify European imperial imaginaries. This one-day symposium will explore how cultural, artistic, and political forces channelled broader anxieties about nation, race, and modernity onto the gendered body.聆聽特別演講嘉賓探討殖民框架如何影響女性形象，尤其是在非洲和亞洲的異國風情描繪中，這些描繪為歐洲帝國主義的想像提供了合理性。這場為期一天的研討會將探討文化、藝術和政治力量如何將對國家、種族和現代性的更廣泛焦慮引導到性別化的身體上。 verb "to exoticise," which means to portray or regard someone or something as strange, unusual, or foreign. It describes the act of making something seem exotic by highlighting its differences and often romanticizing or stereotyping it.