The Texts and Contexts of Jan Van Noordt's Two History Paintings in Kingston
Title | The Texts and Contexts of Jan Van Noordt's Two History Paintings in Kingston PDF eBook |
Author | David Albert De Witt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Jan van Noordt
Title | Jan van Noordt PDF eBook |
Author | David de Witt |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 2007-11-02 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0773575642 |
De Witt offers a detailed biography based on a thorough review of the documentary evidence. He traces Van Noordt's origins back to a prominent musical family, details his artistic development under the guidance of prominent Amsterdam painter Jacob Adriaensz Backer, and reveals his synthesis of the styles of the two dominant Netherlandish artists, Rubens and Rembrandt. Using a systematic analysis of technique, manner, and approach to form, de Witt proves that over half the paintings and drawings presently attributed to Van Noordt are not his work - virtually recasting the accomplishments of an artist whose vibrant, often daring works challenge our concept of seventeenth-century Dutch art.
The Bader Collection
Title | The Bader Collection PDF eBook |
Author | David Albert De Witt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Painting |
ISBN | 9781553394013 |
For many decades the Agnes Etherington Art Centre has received European paintings from the Bader Collection from a wide range of periods and schools, from the German Renaissance to the Italian Rococo. This book features the centre's substantial group of over 50 remarkable paintings from European schools, notably Italy, Germany, France and England.
From White to Yellow
Title | From White to Yellow PDF eBook |
Author | Rotem Kowner |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 707 |
Release | 2014-12-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0773596844 |
When Europeans first landed in Japan they encountered people they perceived as white-skinned and highly civilized, but these impressions did not endure. Gradually the Europeans' positive impressions faded away and Japanese were seen as yellow-skinned and relatively inferior. Accounting for this dramatic transformation, From White to Yellow is a groundbreaking study of the evolution of European interpretations of the Japanese and the emergence of discourses about race in early modern Europe. Transcending the conventional focus on Africans and Jews within the rise of modern racism, Rotem Kowner demonstrates that the invention of race did not emerge in a vacuum in eighteenth-century Europe, but rather was a direct product of earlier discourses of the "Other." This compelling study indicates that the racial discourse on the Japanese, alongside the Chinese, played a major role in the rise of the modern concept of race. While challenging Europe's self-possession and sense of centrality, the discourse delayed the eventual consolidation of a hierarchical worldview in which Europeans stood immutably at the apex. Drawing from a vast array of primary sources, From White to Yellow traces the racial roots of the modern clash between Japan and the West.
Mohican Seminar 3
Title | Mohican Seminar 3 PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Wiltse Dunn |
Publisher | University of State of New York |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"This, the third volume of papers from the ongoing Algonquian Indian Seminars sponsored by the Native American Institute (of the Hudson River Valley) and the New York State Museum, contains twelve papers from the seminars of 2003 and 2004." -- P.xi.
The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Maritime Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Alexis Catsambis |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 1234 |
Release | 2014-02 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0199336008 |
This title is a comprehensive survey of maritime archaeology as seen through the eyes of nearly fifty scholars at a time when maritime archaeology has established itself as a mature branch of archaeology.
Oceanic Histories
Title | Oceanic Histories PDF eBook |
Author | David Armitage |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1108423183 |
Freshly presents world history through its oceans and seas in uniquely wide-ranging, original chapters by leading experts in their fields.