Lives of Images (Reaktion Books - Picturing History) by Peter Mason - 2001

Reaktion Books, 2001-01-01. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. 9x5x0. Black cloth covered boards with silver spine titles; jacket has light shelf wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 175 pages.

London: Reaktion Books, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 175 pages, index, illustrated. A clean, unmarked and solid copy which has obviously never been read. "In this work, the author examines the history of European representations of non-European peoples, using as his base four case studies and a wide range of source material, including paintings, medals, murals, frescoes, monuments, engravings and contemporary photographs. Moving from an Elizabethan monument to Edmund Harman, thought to be the earliest scupltural European representation of Native Americans, to images of South American rulers, and from Georges Psalmanaazaar's depictions of Formosan islanders to the visual representations of the native peoples of Tierra del Fuego, the author explores the sometimes vexed relationship between image, source and artist. Often these depictions were based on prints or other secondary which were far from reliable: in the case of Psalmanaazaar, the artist had never been to Formosa, raising questions about… Read More

Reaktion , 2001 . 9781861891143 Unread copy in close to new condition.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.