The New World in early modern Italy, 1492-1750:

Italians became fascinated by the New World in the early modern period. While Atlantic World scholarship has traditionally tended to focus on the acts of conquest and the politics of colonialism, these essays consider the reception of ideas, images and goods from the Americas in the non-colonial sta...

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Other Authors: Horodowich, Elizabeth 1970- (Editor), Markey, Lia (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:Italians became fascinated by the New World in the early modern period. While Atlantic World scholarship has traditionally tended to focus on the acts of conquest and the politics of colonialism, these essays consider the reception of ideas, images and goods from the Americas in the non-colonial state of Italy. Italians began to venerate images of the Peruvian Virgin of Copacabana, plant tomatoes, potatoes, and maize, and publish costume books showcasing the clothing of the kings and queens of Florida, revealing the powerful hold that the Americas had on the Italian imagination. By considering a variety of cases illuminating the presence of the Americas in Italy, this volume demonstrates how early modern Italian culture developed as much from multicultural contact - with Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and the Caribbean - as it did from the rediscovery of classical antiquity
Item Description:This book began as a set of conference panels at the Renaissance Society of America conference in Washington, DC in March 2012, and at the Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference in San Juan in October 2013
Physical Description:xvi, 345 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781107122871

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