Engraving the savage : the New World and techniques of civilization / Michael Gaudio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaudio, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians in art.

Difference (Philosophy) in art.

Art--Reproduction.

Art.

Prints--Technique.

Prints.

America--Discovery and exploration--European--Historiography.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its "savage other." Going beyond the notion of the "savage" as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gaudio examines how the tools, materials, and techniques of copperplate engraving shaped Western responses to indigenous peoples.

Contents:

Introduction: White pebbles in the dark forest

Savage marks: The scriptive techniques of early modern ethnography

Making sense of smoke: Engraving and ornament in de Bry's America

Flatness and protuberance: Reforming the image in Protestant print culture

The art of scratch: Wood engraving and picture-writing in the 1880s.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5653-3

OCLC:

560668050