ISBN: 9780835716673 - black magus in western art: origins and early development (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xi, 319. 100 illus. Original publisher's pale green cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. Studies in the fine arts. Iconography; no. 9. Mediaeval and later art, mostly in Europe the African Black Magus or King depicted in European art. ISBN: 0835716678 Kaplan states in his intro '. this book's principal goal is to explain how and why the black Magus or Kingas he was known in the later Middle ages became a standard universally known figure in western art .the study aims to make a contribution to the history of the treatment (in art) . both imaginative and actual of black Africans by white Europeans.' Private library blind stamp on front end paper and title page neat ownership signature of one John D Woods otherwise very good indeed.…