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Engraving the savage : the New World and techniques of civilization

Title
Engraving the savage : the New World and techniques of civilization / Michael Gaudio.
Author
Gaudio, Michael.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2008], ©2008.
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xxv, 207 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  • Indians in art
  • Difference (Philosophy) in art
  • Art > Reproduction
  • Prints > Technique
  • America > Historiography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-199) and index.
Contents
Introduction: White Pebbles in the Dark Forest -- 1. Savage Marks: The Scriptive Techniques of Early Modern Ethnography -- 2. Making Sense of Smoke: Engraving and Ornament in de Bry's America -- 3. Flatness and Protuberance: Reforming the Image in Protestant Print Culture -- 4. The Art of Scratch: Wood Engraving and Picture-Writing in the1880s.
ISBN
  • 9780816648467 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0816648468 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780816648474 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0816648476 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2007031468
  • 40015185705
OCLC
  • ocn164570487
  • 164570487
  • SCSB-5394578
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Columbia University Libraries