Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gaudio, Michael
Title:
Engraving the savage : the New World and techniques of civilization / Michael Gaudio.
Published / Created:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Physical Description:
xxv, 207 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007031468-d.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
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.