Colouring the Caribbean : race and the art of Agostino Brunias / Mia L. Bagneris.

"Colouring the Caribbean ia the first comprehensive study of Agostino Brunias's West Indian paintings. Working primarily in St. Vincent and Dominica at the end of the eighteenth century, Brunias painted for plantocrats and the colonial elite, creating romanticised pictures featuring Caribb...

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Main Author: Bagneris, Mia L. (Author)
Other Authors: Brunias, Agostino
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
Series:Rethinking art's histories.
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