The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III
From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition, Part 3: The Eighteenth Century
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"The Eighteenth Century" features a rich collection of images of Africans representing slavery's apogee and the beginnings of abolition. Old visual tropes of a master with adoring black slave gave way to depictions of Africans as victims and individuals, while at the same time the intellectual foundations of scientific racism were established.