Item Number: 113098 Title: The Image of the Black in Western Art : From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, III-Part 2 : 3: The Eighteenth Century Author: Bindman, David ; Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (eds) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780674052635 Description: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011. 28cm., hardcover, 365pp., 293 illus., most in color. Summary: The Eighteenth Century features a particularly 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. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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