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

• Autore: Brienen Rebecca Parker
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 759.9492.E26
• Soggetto topico: Indians in art
• Soggetto geografico: Brazil In art
• Classificazione: 21.02
• Altri autori: EeckhoutAlbert van der <active 1637-1664.>
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: The first major book-length study of the Dutch artist Albert Eckhout examining his fascinating works of art
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions of savage paradise
• ISBN: 1-280-95845-6; 9786610958450; 90-485-0554-2; 1-4294-5469-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814022903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II