A new antiquity : art and humanity as universal, 1400-1600

"Examines how the subtlety, variety, and inventiveness of American, Asian, and African creations and techniques encountered in the context of sixteenth century Iberian colonization challenged and revolutionized the definitions of what art is and what it means to be human"--

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Main Author: Russo, Alessandra (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press , [2024]
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Author Notes:Alessandra Russo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a revolution in thought
  • Lights on the antipodes : "made throughout the entire world"
  • Acuity through art : artifact-based, oceanic humanism
  • An indestructable "Indian" universe of artists : thinking with hands
  • The sublime art of the idol : from forensic to aesthetic judgment
  • Novel territories of painting : coordinates for another renaissance
  • Conclusions : a new artistic world.