Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds: Global and Local Geographies of Art
Michael Yonan, "Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds: Global and Local Geographies of Art"
English | ISBN: 1501384600 | 2022 | 312 pages | PDF | 8 MB
English | ISBN: 1501384600 | 2022 | 312 pages | PDF | 8 MB
While the connected, international character of today's art economy is well known, the 18th century too had global systems of artistic production and consumption. Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds is the first book to create a global map of the art world of the 18th century.
Fourteen case studies from distinguished experts explore both cross-cultural connections and local specificities of art production and consumption in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The result is an account of a series of interconnected and asymmetrical art worlds that were well developed in the 18th century.
Capturing the full material diversity of 18th-century art, this book considers painting and sculpture alongside numerous prints and decorative objects. Analyzing the role of place in the history of 18th-century art, it bridges the disciplines of art history and cultural geography, and draws attention away from any one place as a privileged art-historical site, while highlighting places such as Manila, Beijing, Mexico City, and London as significant points on a global art map.
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