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Title:

Art, commerce and colonialism 1600-1800 / edited by Emma Barker.

Publisher:

Manchester University Press ;

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

vii, 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), color maps ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Art and globalization--History--17th century.
Art and globalization--History--18th century.
Art, Colonial--History--17th century.
Art, Colonial--History--18th century.
Art--History--History--17th century.
Art--History--History--18th century.
Art--History--History--17th century.
Art--History--History--18th century.
Imperialism--History--History--17th century.
Imperialism--History--History--18th century.
Imperialism and architecture--America--History--17th century.
Imperialism and architecture--America--History--18th century.
Design
Kolonialismus
Kunst
Architektur
Kunsthandel
Westeuropa
Asien
Amerika
Architecture.
Art.
Art, Colonial.
Great Britain.
Netherlands.
United States.
1600-1799
History.

Other Authors:

Barker, Emma, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Emma Barker -- 1. From Iberia to the Americas : Hispanic art of the colonial era / Piers Baker-Bates -- 2. The Golden Age revisited : Dutch art in global perspective / Emma Barker -- 3. Creative interactions : Chinoiserie in eighteenth-century Britain / Clare Taylor -- 4. Transatlantic architecture : classicism, colonialism and race / Elizabeth McKellar -- Conclusion / Emma Barker.

Summary:

The book examines how increasing engagement with the rest of the world transformed European art, architecture and design. It considers how commercial activity and colonial ventures gave rise to new and diverse forms of visual and material culture across the globe. Drawing on a wide range of recent scholarship, it offers a new perspective that challenges Eurocentric approaches.

Series:

Art and its global histories.

ISBN:

1526122928
9781526122926

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1012879540

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)