 | Engraving the Savage: The New World and Techniques of Civilization Subjects: Indians in art; America -- Discovery and exploration -- European -- Historiography; Difference (Philosophy) in art; Art -- Reproduction; Prints -- Technique; In this innovative analysis, Michael Gaudio explains how popular engravings of Native American Indians defined the nature of Western civilization by producing an image of its OC savage other.OCO Going beyond the notion of the OC savageOCO as an intellectual and ideological construct, Gaudio examines how the tools, materials, and techniques of copperplate engraving shaped Western responses to indigenous peoples." |
