American Indians in British Art, 1700-1840
Stephanie Pratt, "American Indians in British Art, 1700-1840"
English | ISBN: 080613657X | 2005 | 240 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 080613657X | 2005 | 240 pages | PDF | 3 MB
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, the British allied themselves with Indian tribes to counter the American colonial rebellion. In response, British artists produced a large volume of work focusing on American Indians. Although these works depicted their subjects as either noble or ignoble savages, they also represented Indians as active participants in contemporary society.
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