Engraving the Savage : The New World and Techniques of Civilization /

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In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its "savage other." Going beyond the notion of the "savage" as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gau...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaudio, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prints > Technique
Indians in art
Difference (Philosophy) in art
Art > Reproduction
ART > History > General.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Human Figure.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Portraits.
printmaking.
copies (derivative objects)
Estampe > Technique.
Art > Reproduction.
Difference (Philosophie) dans l'art.
Indiens d'Amerique dans l'art.
Prints > Technique.
Difference (Philosophy) in art.
Indians in art.
America
America > Discovery and exploration > Historiography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its "savage other." Going beyond the notion of the "savage" as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gaudio examines how the tools, materials, and techniques of copperplate engraving shaped Western responses to indigenous peoples.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816656530

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