Albrecht Durer and the Depiction of Cultural Differences in - Renaissance Europ

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Dürer's depictions of human diversity, focusing particularly on his depictions of non-European figures.

List of contents

Introduction 1. From Saracen to Turk: Dürer and the Origins of Ottoman Imagery in German Renaissance Art 2. Ottoman, Mamluk and Roman: Dress and Identity in Dürer’s Art After 1495 3. Ottomans as Ottomans: Portraiture, Genre and Polemical Imagery 4. Black Ottomans and Black Mamluks: Racial Difference in Dürer’s Depictions of Muslim Figures 5. Katharina and Portrait of an African Man: Black Presence in Renaissance Europe Conclusion

About the author

Heather Madar is Professor at Cal Poly Humboldt, USA

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Dürer’s depictions of human diversity, focusing particularly on his depictions of non-European figures.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Madar, Heather (Cal Poly Humboldt Madar
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2023
• EAN: 9780367567453
• ISBN: 978-0-367-56745-3
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Critical Junctures in Global Early Modernities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, ART / History / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure, ART / European, History of art / art & design styles, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Art, Colonialism and imperialism, Art forms, Human figures depicted in art, The Arts: art forms