Image of the black in western art, volume iii, the: from the "age of discovery" to the age of abolition, part 3: the eighteenth century
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674052635
Date de publication :
14 nov. 2011
Poids :
2155 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Eighteenth Century features a rich collection of images of Africans representing slavery’s apogee and the beginnings of abolition. Old visual tropes of a master with adoring black slave gave way to depictions of Africans as victims and individuals, while at the same time the intellectual foundations of scientific racism were established.