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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VerfasserIn: Russo, Alessandra (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press , [2024]
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Bibliogr. Hinweis:Erscheint auch als: A new antiquity
Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Alessandra Russo, A new antiquity, art and humanity as universal, 1400-1600]
Verantwortlich:Alessandra Russo
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.