#alberteckhout — Public Fediverse posts

As I leafed through an exhibition catalogue today, I came across two pictures from this series. I had never seen them before. They are fascinating documents from the period when European ideas of "race" were beginning to take shape.

Albert Eckhout, Series of eight figures (article) | Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/new-spain/colonial-brazil/a/albert-eckhout-series-of-eight-figures

#ArtHistory #Brazil #AlbertEckhout #DutchHistory #Race #NationalMuseumOfDenmark

As I leafed through an exhibition catalogue today, I came across two pictures from this series. I had never seen them before. They are fascinating documents from the period when European ideas of "race" were beginning to take shape.

Albert Eckhout, Series of eight figures (article) | Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-americas/new-spain/colonial-brazil/a/albert-eckhout-series-of-eight-figures

#ArtHistory #Brazil #AlbertEckhout #DutchHistory #Race #NationalMuseumOfDenmark