A New Antiquity - Art and Humanity as Universal, 1400–1600

"Examines how the subtlety, variety, and inventiveness of American, Asian, and African creations and techniques encountered in the context of sixteenth century Iberian colonization challenged and revolutionized the definitions of what art is and what it means to be human"--

About the author

Alessandra Russo is Professor in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University. She is the author of The Untranslatable Image: A Mestizo History of the Arts in New Spain, 1500–160 and El realismo circular: Tierras, espacios y paisajes de la cartografía indígena novohispana, siglos XVI y XVII and a coeditor of Images Take Flight: Feather Art in Mexico and Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Alessandra Russo, Alessandra (Columbia University) Russo, Russo Alessandra
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2024
• EAN: 9780271095691
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09569-1
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 885 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, History of Art, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499