Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-199) and index.
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.
Subject Terms:
Indians in art. | America -- Discovery and exploration -- European -- Historiography. | Difference (Philosophy) in art. | Art -- Reproduction. | Prints -- Technique.