About the book
Art historians have long been accustomed to thinking about art and artists in terms of national traditions. This volume takes a different approach, suggesting instead that a history of art based on national divisions often obscures the processes of cultural appropriation and global exchange that shaped the visual arts of Europe in fundamental ways between 1492 and the early twentieth century.
Essays here analyze distinct zones of contact — between various European states, between Asia and Europe, or between Europe and so-called primitive cultures in Africa, the Americas, and the South Pacific — focusing mainly but not exclusively on painting, drawing, or the decorative arts. Each case foregrounds the centrality of international borrowings or colonial appropriations and counters conceptions of European art as a “pure” tradition uninfluenced by the artistic forms of other cultures. The contributors analyze the social, cultural, commercial, and political conditions of cultural contact — including tourism, colonialism, religious pilgrimage, trade missions, and scientific voyages — that enabled these exchanges well before the modern age of globalization.
Contributors:
Claire Farago, University of Colorado at Boulder
Elisabeth A. Fraser, University of South Florida
Julie Hochstrasser, University of Iowa
Christopher Johns, Vanderbilt University
Carol Mavor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mary D. Sheriff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lyneise E. Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Editions of Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art since the Age of Exploration
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807833667
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780807872703
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807898192
- EBook
- ISBN 9798890883094
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Art historians have long been accustomed to thinking about art and artists in terms of national traditions. This volume takes a different approach, suggesting instead that a history of art based on national divisions often obscures the processes of cultural appropriation and global exchange that shaped the visual arts of Europe in fundamental ways between 1492 and the early twentieth century.
Essays here analyze distinct zones of contact — between various European states, between Asia and Europe, or between Europe and so-called primitive cultures in Africa, the Americas, and the South Pacific — focusing mainly but not exclusively on painting, drawing, or the decorative arts. Each case foregrounds the centrality of international borrowings or colonial appropriations and counters conceptions of European art as a “pure” tradition uninfluenced by the artistic forms of other cultures. The contributors analyze the social, cultural, commercial, and political conditions of cultural contact — including tourism, colonialism, religious pilgrimage, trade missions, and scientific voyages — that enabled these exchanges well before the modern age of globalization.
Contributors:
Claire Farago, University of Colorado at Boulder
Elisabeth A. Fraser, University of South Florida
Julie Hochstrasser, University of Iowa
Christopher Johns, Vanderbilt University
Carol Mavor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mary D. Sheriff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lyneise E. Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art since the Age of Exploration about?
Art historians have long been accustomed to thinking about art and artists in terms of national traditions. This volume takes a different approach, suggesting instead that a history of art based on national divisions often obscures the processes of cultural appropriation and global exchange that shaped the visual arts of Europe in fundamental ways between 1492 and the early twentieth century.
Essays here analyze distinct zones of contact — between various European states, between Asia and Europe, or between Europe and so-called primitive cultures in Africa, the Americas, and the South Pacific — focusing mainly but not exclusively on painting, drawing, or the decorative arts. Each case foregrounds the centrality of international borrowings or colonial appropriations and counters conceptions of European art as a “pure” tradition uninfluenced by the artistic forms of other cultures. The contributors analyze the social, cultural, commercial, and political conditions of cultural contact — including tourism, colonialism, religious pilgrimage, trade missions, and scientific voyages — that enabled these exchanges well before the modern age of globalization.
Contributors:
Claire Farago, University of Colorado at Boulder
Elisabeth A. Fraser, University of South Florida
Julie Hochstrasser, University of Iowa
Christopher Johns, Vanderbilt University
Carol Mavor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mary D. Sheriff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lyneise E. Williams, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art since the Age of Exploration?
The Arts > The visual, decorative or fine arts: treatments and subjects > History of art
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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780807833667
How long is Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art since the Age of Exploration and how many pages does it have?
Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art since the Age of Exploration has 240 page(s)
Is Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art since the Age of Exploration part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art since the Age of Exploration?
The University of North Carolina Press
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Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art since the Age of Exploration is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807833667) and paperback(ISBN 9780807872703) and ebook(ISBN 9780807898192) and ebook(ISBN 9798890883094)
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