Images of the Tropics : Environment and Visual Culture in Colonial Indonesia.

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Images of the Tropics critically examines Dutch colonial culture in the Netherlands Indies through the prism of landscape art. Susie Protschky contends that visual representations of nature and landscape were core elements of how Europeans understood the tropics, justified their territorial claims i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Protschky, Susie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
Colección:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde.
Temas:
1798-1999
Orientalism in art.
Art, European > 19th century.
Art, European > 20th century.
Art, Dutch > Indonesia > 19th century.
Art, Dutch > Indonesia > 20th century.
Art > Political aspects > Indonesia.
Orientalisme dans l'art.
Art européen > 19e siècle.
Art néerlandais > Indonésie > 20e siècle.
Art > Aspect politique > Indonésie.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Art, Dutch
Art, European
Art > Political aspects
Netherlandish colonies
Orientalism in art
Tropics > In art.
Indonesia > History > 1798-1942.
Netherlands > Colonies > Asia.
Netherlands > Colonies.
Indonésie > Histoire > 1798-1942.
Pays-Bas > Colonies.
Asia
Indonesia
Tropics
Art
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Images of the tropics; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION Environment and visual culture in theNetherlands Indies; CHAPTER ONE Historicizing colonialism The legacy of images made during the East India Company period in Dutch ways of seeing; CHAPTER TWO Narratives of expansion Colonial landscape images and empire building; CHAPTER THREE Naturalizing conquest Rural idylls in colonial painting; CHAPTER FOUR Articles of faith Religion, fear and fantasy in Indies landscapes; CHAPTER FIVE Seductions of the tropics Race, class and gender in colonial images of nature and landscape.
  • CONCLUSIONS AND EPILOGUE Landscape, visual culture and colonial historyBIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF FIGURES; INDEX.

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