American Indians in British Art, 1700-1840

by Stephanie Pratt

Book Overview

Ask anyone the world over to identify a figure in buckskins with a feather bonnet, and the answer will be "Indian." Many works of art produced by non-Native artists have reflected such a limited viewpoint. In American Indians in British Art, 1700-1840, Stephanie Pratt explores for the first time an artistic tradition that avoided simplification and that instead portrayed Native peoples in a surprisingly complex light. During the eighteenth century,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806142006
• ISBN13: 9780806142005
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.9"