Images play a key role in political communication and the ways we come to understand the power structures that shape society. Nowhere is this more evident than in the process of empire building, in which visual language has long been a highly effective means of overpowering another culture with one's own values and beliefs. Visualizing Portuguese Power examines the visual arts within the Portuguese empire between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. With a focus on the appropriation of Portuguese-Christian art within the colonies, the book looks at how these and other objects could be staged to generate new layers of meaning.
- ISBN10 3037347422
- ISBN13 9783037347423
- Publish Date 10 February 2017
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Diaphanes AG
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 384
- Language English