Engraving the savage: the New World and techniques of civilization
Introduction: White pebbles in the dark forest -- Savage marks: The scriptive techniques of early modern ethnography -- Making sense of smoke: Engraving and ornament in de Bry's America -- Flatness and protuberance: Reforming the image in Protestant print culture -- The art of scratch: Wood eng...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Minneapolis [u.a.]
Univ. of Minnesota Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Gaudio, Michael, Engraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization] (2010) (Trembinski, Donna, 1974 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Indians (Motif)
/ Customs (Motif)
/ Print
/ Cognition theory
/ Ethnology
/ History 1580-1880
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| Further subjects: | B
Species
Reproduction
B Prints Technique B History 1550-1880 B Difference (Philosophy) in art B Indians in art B America Discovery and exploration Historiography European |
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Table of Contents Publisher description Review Rezension (Publisher) |
| Summary: | Introduction: White pebbles in the dark forest -- Savage marks: The scriptive techniques of early modern ethnography -- Making sense of smoke: Engraving and ornament in de Bry's America -- Flatness and protuberance: Reforming the image in Protestant print culture -- The art of scratch: Wood engraving and picture-writing in the 1880s |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XXV, 207 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-4846-8 0-8166-4847-6 978-0-8166-4846-7 978-0-8166-4847-4 |
