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Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2012

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Book to accompany the 2012 exhibition Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe. It was the first exhibition to bring together a wide variety of works of art in diverse mediums that bear witness to the multiple aspects of the African presence in Europe in the Age of Exploration. The book includes European paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, books, and decorative objects, dating from around 1480 to around 1605, includes memorable images and riveting portraits of Africans, some of whose identities are known and others who remain anonymous.

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Director’s Foreword

Introduction - Joaneath Spicer

The Lives of African Slaves and People of African Descent in Renaissance Europe - Kate Lowe

European Perceptions of Blackness as Reflected in the Visual Arts - Joaneath Spicer

“Leo Africanus” Presents Africa to Europeans - Natalie Zemon Davis

Free Men and Women of African Ancestry in Renaissance Europe - Joaneath Spicer

Visual Representations of an Elite: African Ambassadors and Rulers in Renaissance Europe - Kate Lowe

Afterword - Ben Vinson III

List of Lenders

Checklist for the Exhibition

Selected Secondary Sources

Curator’s Acknowledgments

Contributors

Photography Credits