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2017
This chapter considers the significant influence of William Sheppard on U.S. visual culture. In 1890, soon after he arrived in the Congo, he expresses his intent to collect Congolese artifacts, mostly Bakuba, for Hampton’s “Curiosity Room,” which was the basis for its renowned art museum.
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This chapter considers the significant influence of William Sheppard on U.S. visual culture. In 1890, soon after he arrived in the Congo, he expresses his intent to collect Congolese artifacts, mostly Bakuba, for Hampton’s “Curiosity Room,” which was the basis for its renowned art museum.
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2021
Abstract The chapter first reviews an old assumption that the ‘realism’ of Dante must have responded to the ‘naturalism’ of Giotto and other contemporary artists. Taken simply, this assumption is naïve and valueless. The chapter proceeds to consider the contrary view, now more prevalent, that in the Commedia Dante’s visionary mind ...
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Abstract The chapter first reviews an old assumption that the ‘realism’ of Dante must have responded to the ‘naturalism’ of Giotto and other contemporary artists. Taken simply, this assumption is naïve and valueless. The chapter proceeds to consider the contrary view, now more prevalent, that in the Commedia Dante’s visionary mind ...
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2013
The first collectors of African art and artefacts were nineteenth-century explorers. The second were modern art collectors and dealers, fascinated by an art, primarily sculpture, which was in every way opposite to academic European teaching. As fieldwork expanded the knowledge base of African art and performance, masquerades became a major research ...
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The first collectors of African art and artefacts were nineteenth-century explorers. The second were modern art collectors and dealers, fascinated by an art, primarily sculpture, which was in every way opposite to academic European teaching. As fieldwork expanded the knowledge base of African art and performance, masquerades became a major research ...
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2012
Encompassing such diverse disciplines and fields as fine and applied arts, art, literature, science, photography, theater, and early cinema, Victorian visual culture is far ranging, complex, and multifaceted. The invention of illustrated press and photography disseminated information about the arts and sciences, England, and the colonies. Scholars such
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Encompassing such diverse disciplines and fields as fine and applied arts, art, literature, science, photography, theater, and early cinema, Victorian visual culture is far ranging, complex, and multifaceted. The invention of illustrated press and photography disseminated information about the arts and sciences, England, and the colonies. Scholars such
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