By following the introduction of the black African into the works of Renaissance painters, over the bridge of Albert Eckhout's titillating Baroque works recording supposed ethnographic realities in Dutch Brazil, and ending in colonial Mexico with casta paintings, one can see European racial concepts ...
Insects in western art: from anonymous 13th century painters to today's avant garde artists, the insect world has provided a wealth of inspiration In addition, few art historians deal with insects, and books and other publications on the subject are rare. This rarity of publications extends to...