Lives of Images
by Mason, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1861891148
- ISBN 13
- 9781861891143
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Reaktion Books, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 175 pages, index, illustrated. A clean, unmarked and solid copy which has obviously never been read. "In this work, the author examines the history of European representations of non-European peoples, using as his base four case studies and a wide range of source material, including paintings, medals, murals, frescoes, monuments, engravings and contemporary photographs. Moving from an Elizabethan monument to Edmund Harman, thought to be the earliest scupltural European representation of Native Americans, to images of South American rulers, and from Georges Psalmanaazaar's depictions of Formosan islanders to the visual representations of the native peoples of Tierra del Fuego, the author explores the sometimes vexed relationship between image, source and artist. Often these depictions were based on prints or other secondary which were far from reliable: in the case of Psalmanaazaar, the artist had never been to Formosa, raising questions about the veracity of so-called "ethnographic" representation." (Publisher)
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- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020292
- Title
- Lives of Images
- Author
- Mason, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1861891148
- ISBN 13
- 9781861891143
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- art
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Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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