A new world imagined : art of the Americas

This work proposes a bold new look at the art of the Americas by viewing it through its intersections and relationships with the world at large. Taking the vast geography and staggering cultural diversity of the North and South American continents as its starting point, the book introduces the ways...

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Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : Museum of Fine Arts , 2010
Edition:1. ed.
Series:MFA publications
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Related Items:Rezensiert in: The art of the Americas Wing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Author Notes:Elliot B. Davis .. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Table of Contents:
  • A new world imagined
  • Elliot Bostwick Davis
  • Native peoples of the Americas. Ancient cultures, modern connections
  • Gerald W. R. Ward ; The Americas' first art / Dorie Reents-Budet and Heather Hole ; Native North American art / Gerald W. R. Ward and Heather Hole
  • Europe and the Americas. Transatlantic passages
  • Erica E. Hirshler ; The classical tradition / Gerald W. R. Ward and Karen E. Quinn ; England / Nonie Gadsden and Erica E. Hirshler ; France / Erica E. Hirshler and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer ; Italy / Karen E. Quinn and Gerald W. R. Ward ; Germany / Elliot Bostwick Davis and Dennis Carr ; Spain / Heather Hole and Dennis Carr ; The Netherlands and Scandinavia / Dennis Carr and Cody Hartley
  • Africa, the Near East, Asia, and the Americas. Artistic influences of the non-Western world
  • Nonie Gadsden ; Africa / Cody Hartley and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer ; The Near East / Nonie Gadsden and Heather Hole ; Asia / Nonie Gadsden and Elliot Bostwick Davis.