{"product_id":"9781350536890","title":"Constructing Race in Early Modern Venice Making the Figure of the ‘Moor’, 1600-1800","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMaterial Culture of Art and Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eConstructing Race in Early Modern Venice\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMaking the Figure of the ‘Moor’, 1600-1800\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHannah Lee | Michael Yonan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ Decorative Arts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVenice's early modern workshops were celebrated hubs of creative innovation and artistic skill, and yet, as this book reveals, they also produced caricatures of ethnic minorities that not only reflected, but helped form, conceptual constructions of race across Europe during the period. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the development of these ideas through the creation of figures and symbols, it highlights how Venice, as a global trading centre with a rich carnival and opera culture, gave rise to wider European perceptions of race through its material culture. From the beginning of the 17th century, carved wooden figures known as \u003ci\u003emori\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003emoretti\u003c\/i\u003e were on display in the homes of the Venetian elites. Most often designed for practical functions, they also echoed the roles occupied by living servants and enslaved people. Side-lined from scholarly attention, these objects have previously been generalized as European representations of exoticism. However, drawing on extensive archival evidence and material and visual analysis of surviving objects, this book explores how they worked in service to the objectification and racialization of the Black body. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book returns agency and significance to these sculpted wooden 'moor' figures as at it maps out the making process, from structural formation of the body in the woodcarving workshop, to a discussion of the symbolic function of black lacquer and the use of colourful paint, gilding, gold ornament and finishing. While it centres this phenomenon in the specific context of Venice's social, political, and economic history, it also locates the popularity of these pieces within wider discourses related to race and enslavement. In this wider context, the book draws upon travel literature, artisanal and medical treatises, cartographic material, portraits, and costume books to reveal the subtle and powerful role the decorative arts play in the formation of cultural ideologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHannah Lee is a British Academy postdoctoral fellow at the Warburg Institute, UK.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 March 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350536890\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331919642764,"sku":"9781350536890","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_a5b84ab1-d37a-4373-b6d9-88222e2383ae.jpg?v=1783600168","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350536890","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}