In First Contact, Olugosa investigates what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery when civilisations came face-to-face with each other for the first time? Although the period was unquestionably one of conquest and destruction, it was also an age of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas. Hidden within the paintings of the Dutch Golden Age, eighteenth century Japanese prints and the art of late Mughal Indians are strands of artistic and cultural DNA drawn from other cultures during this first age of globalisation.
Part II, The Cult of Progress, examines the explosion of change caused by the Industrial Revolution, which many viewed as the unstoppable spread of progress. Artists too struggled to depict the changing world and the fate of peoples and cultures that were radically altered. Some, including the Impressionists, worked to understand and paint what they saw, while others, such as Gauguin, fled to utopias he thought would be untouched by progress.
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In First Contact, Olugosa investigates what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery when civilisations came face-to-face with each other for the first time? Although the period was unquestionably one of conquest and destruction, it was also an age of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas. Hidden within the paintings of the Dutch Golden Age, eighteenth century Japanese prints and the art of late Mughal Indians are strands of artistic and cultural DNA drawn from other cultures during this first age of globalisation.
Part II, The Cult of Progress, examines the explosion of change caused by the Industrial Revolution, which many viewed as the unstoppable spread of progress. Artists too struggled to depict the changing world and the fate of peoples and cultures that were radically altered. Some, including the Impressionists, worked to understand and paint what they saw, while others, such as Gauguin, fled to utopias he thought would be untouched by progress.
Imprint | Profile Books Ltd |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Civilisations |
Release date | March 2018 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | 2018 |
Authors | David Olusoga |
Dimensions | 230 x 158 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 288 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78125-997-9 |
Barcode | 9781781259979 |
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LSN | 1-78125-997-6 |