Engraving the savage : the New World and techniques of civilization /

Engraving the savage : the New World and techniques of civilization /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaudio, Michael
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Indians in art.
Difference (Philosophy) in art.
Art > Reproduction.
Prints > Technique.
America > Discovery and exploration > European > Historiography.
Online Access:Publisher description
Table of 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.