Mantegna and Painting as Historical Narrative.

Abstract

series of brilliant meditations on the ways in which Europeans represented non-European peoples and claimed to take possession of their lands during the Age of Discovery. A marvellous book. It is also a compelling and a powerful one. Nothing so original has ever been written on European responses to 'The wonder of the New World.'--Anthony Pagden, Times Literary Supplement By far the most intellectually gripping and penetrating discussion of the relationship between intruders and natives is provided by Stephen Greenblatt's Marvelous Possessions.--Simon Schama, The New Republic For the most engaging and illuminating perspective of all, read Marvelous Possessions.--Laura Shapiro, Newsweek