The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV
From the American Revolution to World War I, Part 2: Black Models and White Myths
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Black Models and White Myths examines the racial assumptions behind representations of Africans that emphasized the contrast between "civilization" and "savagery" and the development of so-called scientific and ethnographic racism. These works often depicted Africans' allegedly natural behavior as a counterpoint to inhibited European conduct.