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America is a European invention. Between 1492 and the late 1800s, European conquistadors, travelers, and artists produced prints, books, and objects that illustrated the natural resources and Native peoples of the Americas, often constructing fantastic and fictional ideas. Mixing reality with their own conventions and interpretations, they created portable and reproducible images that circulated around the world, fueling the spread of stereotypes and prejudices. This symposium presents efforts of scholars and curators to contextualize the creation of those images and to investigate their formation.
- Welcome
Mary Miller, Director, Getty Research Institute
- Introduction
Idurre Alonso, Curator, Getty Research Institute
- “Europeans would be miserable savages in the jungle, the last of the savages would be a respectable man in the city”. Images of Americans, Images of Violence (1492-1804)
Nicolás Kwiatkowski, Professor and Researcher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
- The Place of View: The Topsy-Turvy Images of an America
Thomas B.F. Cummins, Professor and Director, Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University
- Remaking Mexican Indigenous Images
Daniela Bleichmar, Professor, University of Southern California
View the full program: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/multiple_reinventions_schedule.pdf
Este programa está disponible también en español:
youtube.com/watch?v=zlJywRXBPcY&feature=youtu.be
This event occurred on Oct 28, 2022.
Learn more about this event
https://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3597.html
America is a European invention. Between 1492 and the late 1800s, European conquistadors, travelers, and artists produced prints, books, and objects that illustrated the natural resources and Native peoples of the Americas, often constructing fantastic and fictional ideas. Mixing reality with their own conventions and interpretations, they created portable and reproducible images that circulated around the world, fueling the spread of stereotypes and prejudices. This symposium presents efforts of scholars and curators to contextualize the creation of those images and to investigate their formation.
- Welcome
Mary Miller, Director, Getty Research Institute
- Introduction
Idurre Alonso, Curator, Getty Research Institute
- “Europeans would be miserable savages in the jungle, the last of the savages would be a respectable man in the city”. Images of Americans, Images of Violence (1492-1804)
Nicolás Kwiatkowski, Professor and Researcher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
- The Place of View: The Topsy-Turvy Images of an America
Thomas B.F. Cummins, Professor and Director, Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University
- Remaking Mexican Indigenous Images
Daniela Bleichmar, Professor, University of Southern California
View the full program: https://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/events/multiple_reinventions_schedule.pdf
Este programa está disponible también en español:
youtube.com/watch?v=zlJywRXBPcY&feature=youtu.be
This event occurred on Oct 28, 2022.
Learn more about this event
https://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3597.html
