The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

Bindman, David; Gates Jr., Henry Louis

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BOOKThe Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-17061

In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became collector’s items. A half-century later, Harvard University Press and the Du Bois Institute are proud to publish a complete set of ten sumptuous books, including new editions of the original volumes and two additional ones.

The much-awaited Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque has been written by an international team of distinguished scholars, and covers the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The rise of slavery and the presence of black people in Europe irrevocably affected the works of the best artists of the time. Essays on the black Magus and the image of the black in Italy, Spain, and Britain, with detailed studies of Rembrandt and Heliodorus’s Aethiopica, all presented with superb color plates, make this new volume a worthy addition to this classic series.

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David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

PublisherHarvard University Press

Print publication date November 2010 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780674052611

EISBN 9780300244496

Illustrations 193

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List of illustrations

Portrait of Fath Khan, son of Malik Ambar
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi, detail
Livret des emblems, image headed "Impossible
Emblematum liber, fol. E3r
Letter E
Triptych with Adoration of the Magi
Triptych
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi, central panel of triptych
Adoration of the Magi, detail
Seven Joys of Mary
Seven Joys of Mary
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
Portrait of Katharina
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Kings
Adoration of the Kings, detail
Nativity
The Temptation of St. Anthony
The Temptation of St. Anthony, detail
Martyrdom of Saints Simon and Jude
The Nativity at Night
Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Kings
Sheet of Studies
Study for woodcut
Adoration of the Kings
Adoration of the Kings, detail
Miracle of the True Cross
Miracle of the True Cross, detail
Hunting on the Lagoon
Miracle at the Bridge of San Lorenzo
Miracle at the Bridge of San Lorenzo, detail
Triumph of St. George
Venetian Ambassadors in Damascus
Diana of Ephesus (Leo)
The Assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, the Duke of Milan
Italia io sono tiamata (Italy cleaned by 'Il Moro')
Laura Dianti
Black magus
The Journey of the Magi
Ca' Pesaro altarpiece
Pesaro Altarpiece, detail
The Drunkenness of Noah, copy after Moisè del Castellazzo and daughters
Christ in Glory
World map, from a manuscript atlas for Emperor Charles V
The Parable of the Rich Man (Dives) and Lazarus
Lazarus and Dives, detail
Three singers and a lutenist
St. Lucy Before the Magistrate, detail
Portrait of a Man in Armor with Two Pages
Fabricio Salvaressa
Portrait of a Man and His Servant
Diana and Actaeon
Diana and Actaeon, detail
Three Fates
Wedding Feast at Cana
Wedding Feast at Cana, detail
Feast in the House of Levi
Feast in the House of Levi, detail
Martyrdom of St. Justine
Triumph of Venice
Ducale commissione of Tommaso Morosini
Adoration of the Magi
Head of a Black African
Preaching of St. John the Baptist
Preaching of St. John the Baptist
La Madonna del Rosario (Madonna of the Rosary)
Kneeling Devotees of the Madonna
Black African couple
Bust of a black African woman
Black African Diana
Nature is beautiful for its variety
Homer and the Fishermen
The Merry Company
Baptism of St. Clement
Antonio Manuel, Marquis of Ne Vunda
Pope Paul V and Antonio Manuel, Marquis of Ne Vunda
Antonio Manuel, Marquis of Ne Vunda
Don Antonio Manuele de Funta, Ambassador of the King of the Kongo to the Pope
Antonio Manuel, Marquis of Ne Vunda
Ethiopian Envoy
Adoration of the Magi
St. Francis giving his belt to St. Louis, with Pop Innocent III and Benedict of Palermo
Candida Praecordia
Musical Concert
Group Portrait of Doge Agostino Doria with His Family and Servants
Group Portrait of Doge Agostino Doria with His Family and Servants, detail
Giulia d'Este
The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon
The blind woman of Pratolino, Domenica dalle Cascine, and Pietro Moro
Monument of the Four Moors, also known as Monument to Ferdinand I
Monument of the Four Moors, also known as Monument to Ferdinand I, detail
Rio de la Plata, from the Fountain of the Four Rivers
Tomb of Doge Giovanni Pesaro
Tomb of Doge Giovanni Pesaro, detail
Two of four Moorish slavesin front of the palace. Illustration for Amedeo di Castellamonte, "La Venaria Reale, Palazzo di Piacere e di caccia" (Turin, 1674), fig. 9
Globe Supported by a Black African
African Youth
Sleeping black cabin boy
A Friar Approaches the Black Boy and His Guardians
Chessbook of Alfonso X the Wise
Adoration of the Magi
Allegory of the Immaculate Conception
Joanna of Austria with a Black Page
Physiognomic table
A Jesuit Missionary Baptizing Blacks
Kitchen Scene
Dress of Morisco women of Granada
The Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi, detail
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi, detail
St. Benedict of Palermo
St. Benedict of Palermo
Portrait of Juan de Pareja
Self-portrait
The Calling of St. Matthew
The Calling of St. Matthew, detail
Black trumpeter, detail of the Westminister Tournament Roll
The Life of Sir Henry Unton
The Life of Sir Henry Unton, detail
The Drake Jewel
Portrait of Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I
Illustration for Titus Andronicus
Costume design for a daughter of Niger from "The Masque of Blackness" by Ben Jonson
Venetia, Lady Digby
Apollo and Diana
Apollo and Diana, detail
Charles I and Henrietta Maria Departing for the Chase
Portrait of George Gage with two attendants
Princess Henrietta of Lorraine
Portrait of a young girl (possible Florence Smyth) with a black page
Portrait of John, first Lord Byron
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset KG (1662–1748) and an Unidentified Child Attendant
Portrait of Sir Thomas Lucy
Portrait of a black boy
Cecil Calvert (Second Lord Baltimore)
Frederick Duke of Schonberg
A black youth in the attitude of a groom
Elizabeth Murray, Lady Tollemache, later Countess of Dysart and Duchess of Lauderdale, with a Black Servant
Portrait of Anne, Countess of Exeter, and her brother the Earl of Devonshire
Portrait of Charlotte Fitzroy
After Peter Lely, "Beauty's Tribute" (Elizabeth Cooper)
Portrait of Louise de Kérouaille
Portrait of Louise de Kérouaille
Sir John Chardin
Two African Men
Two Drummers
Study of a black man
Bust of an African woman
A Man Wearing a Turban and Armour
The Abduction of Europa
The Baptism of the Chamberlain
Samson Threatening His Father-in-Law
The Visitation
The Toilet of Bathsheba
The Denial of St. Peter
The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Ecce Homo
Christ Preaching (The Hundred Gilder Print)
The Sermon of John the Baptist
Adoration of the Magi
The Stoning of St. Stephen
Venus of the Night
Adoration of the Magi after Peter Paul Rubens
Judas Repentant
Adoration of the Magi
The Denial of St. Peter, after Gerard Seghers
Title page
Reclining Negress
Ecce Homo
The Raising of Lazarus
Chariclea Tending Theagenes
Robbers Approaching Chariclea, Who Tends Theagenes, after Crispin de Passe
Chariclea Recognized by Her Parents, after Crispin de Passe
Robbers Approach Chariclea, Who Tends Theagenes
Ethiopian Shepherds Caring for the Infant Chariclea, after Simon Vouet
Chariclea Recognized by Her Parents
Marriage of Chariclea and Theagenes
Chariclea Tending Theagenes
Chariclea Tending Theagenes, Spied on by Robbers
Hydaspes and Persina Making Love
Robbers Encircling Chariclea and the Unconscious Theagenes
Chariclea Recognized by Her Parents
Theagenes Wrestling the Ethiopian Giant

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David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

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Author

David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

PublisherHarvard University Press

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.001

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Preface to The Image of the Black in Western Art

David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

The Image of the Black in Western Art was conceived by the late Dominique Schlumberger de Menil (1908–1997) and her husband, John (1904–1973), fifty years ago. The de Menils were known internationally for their patronage of artists such as René Magritte and Max Ernst as early as the 1930s, and eventually for the size and range of their art collection. Their passion for...

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David Bindman (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor)

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.vii-xix

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.002

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Introduction

David Bindman

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

~What distinctive historical circumstances lay behind the European representation of blacks in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? The first and the most obvious one is the rise of the European slave trade, which began with the Portuguese in the fifteenth century and became of great economic importance to many European countries, especially England and...

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David Bindman

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-5

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.003

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Chapter subject tags:Art, RenaissanceArt, Baroque

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1. The Epiphany of the Black Magus circa 1500

Joseph Leo Koerner

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

He is the anomaly even in a place usually allocated to anomalies: a native of the continent not yet called America, offering a gift to the Christ Child in a picture of the Epiphany ...

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Joseph Leo Koerner

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.7-92

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.004

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Chapter subject tags:Epiphany in artSymbolism in art

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2. Italy, 1490–1700

Paul H. D. Kaplan

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

The long and complex historical record of Italian interactions with and attitudes toward people of black African descent does not reveal any abrupt fissure or profound transformation in the years around 1500 ...

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Paul H. D. Kaplan

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.93-190

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.005

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-17066

Chapter subject tags:Art, Italian--16th centuryArt, Italian--17th centurySigns and symbols

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3. The Image of the Black in Spanish Art: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Victor Stoichita

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

The Spanish contribution to the formation of the Western image of the black, and of the European phenomenology of blackness, is not without paradoxes ...

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Victor Stoichita

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.191-234

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-17067

Chapter subject tags:Art, Renaissance--SpainHuman skin color in artLiterature and race

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4. The Black Presence in British Art: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

David Bindman

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

The first possible representation in Britain in the modern age of a black person is to be found in a stained-glass panel of the Adoration of the Magi in the north nave aisle of Great Malvern Priory Church which dates from the late fifteenth century ...

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David Bindman

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.235-270

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.007

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5. Rembrandt’s Africans

Elmer Kolfin

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

Rembrandt’s Two Africans is the iconic representation of black subjects from the Netherlands of the seventeenth century ...

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Elmer Kolfin

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.271-306

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.008

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6. Heliodorus's An Ethiopian Story in Seventeenth-Century European Art

Joaneath Spicer

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

Within the larger theme of black Africans in European art of the seventeenth century, the reception of the fourth-century novel by Heliodorus of Emesa, the Aethiopika, or

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Joaneath Spicer

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.307-335

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.009

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Chapter subject tags:Literature in artHistory paintingLiterature--TranslationsHuman skin color in art

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