Darker Shades: The Racial Other in Early Modern Art

The book "Darker Shades: The Imaging of Non-Western Individuals in Early Modern Art" explores how Western artists shaped the representation of non-Western individuals during the early modern period, particularly focusing on the encounters between the West and cultures with dark skins, such as Muslims and Jews.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 240 pages
\n Publication date: 16 September 2019
\n Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Difference exists; otherness is constructed. This book explores the profound impact that Western artists, spanning from the Renaissance to the Baroque, and from Bosch to Drer and Rembrandt, had on the portrayal of non-Western individuals in early modern art. In his meticulously researched study, Victor I. Stoichita delves into the intricate portrayal of racial otherness during a period of significant cultural exchanges between the West and diverse cultures and peoples, including those with dark skin tones such as Muslims and Jews. Accompanied by a wealth of informative illustrations, Darker Shades traverses the domains of art history, anthropology, and postcolonial studies, challenging the very foundations of the Western canon. It reconsiders essential aspects such as perspective, pictorial narrative, composition, bodily proportion, beauty, color, harmony, and lighting. Through this exploration, Stoichita prompts us to contemplate the limited space afforded to the Other within the confines of a seemingly unyielding and unwavering paradigm.

\n Weight: 692g\n
Dimension: 224 x 149 x 22 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781789140569\n \n