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Infelicities: Representations of the Exotic (review)

2002; World History Association; Volume: 13; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/jwh.2002.0004

1527-8050

Keith L. Camacho,

Historical Influence and Diplomacy

Peter Mason's Infelicities: Representations of the Exotic surveys a variety of European visual representations of the Americas from 1500 to 1920 . This eight chapter study examines the idea of the exotic as it has been defined, interpreted, and employed by predominantly aristocratic European artists and collectors. It reviews an eclectic array of Spanish, French, Dutch, and to a lesser degree, British, individuals whose representations of Amerindians provide ample insight into the historical development of the exotic genre in the Americas. Mason reviews the aesthetic and ethnographic influences of contributions by Jan Mostaert, Eckhout Zacharias Wagener, and André Thevet, to name a few.