Visions of savage paradise : Albert Eckhout, court painter in colonial Dutch Brazil / Rebecca Parker Brienen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brienen, Rebecca Parker.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eeckhout, Albert van der, active 1637-1664.

Eeckhout, Albert van der.

Eeckhout, Albert van der, active 1637-1664--Travel--Brazil.

Indians in art.

Brazil--In art.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first major book-length study of the Dutch artist Albert Eckhout examining his fascinating works of art

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Albert Eckhout (ca. 1607-1665/6): Portrait and Still-life Painter at Johan Maurits's Brazilian Court; 2 'To Reproduce Nature Itself as Perfectly as Possible': The Brazilian Natural History Drawings of Albert Eckhout; 3 Cannibalizing America: From the Ethnographic Impulse to the Ethnographic Portrait; 4 Between the Savage and the Civilized: Eckhout's Brasilianen and Tapuyas; 5 Black, Brown, and Yellow: Eckhout's Paintings of Africans, Mestizos, and Mulattos; 6 Eckhout's Paintings: Location and Interpretation; Conclusion; Colour Plates

Appendix A: Chronological Overview of Albert Eckhout's Life; Appendix B: Works of Art by Albert Eckhout; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; General Index; List of Illustrations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-278) and index.

ISBN:

1-003-70916-8

1-04-077829-1

1-04-078343-0

1-280-95845-6

9786610958450

90-485-0554-2

1-4294-5469-5

9781003709169

OCLC:

437106747

Publisher Number:

CIPO000311595