Geoff Quilley

Kay Dian Kriz

'An Economy of Colour' analyses visual culture in the context of British and French colonial activity in the North Atlantic from 1660 to 1830, and is a response to the omission in current art history of visual imagery relating to colonialism, Atlantic slavery and the development of racial ideology.

Visual Culture and the North Atlantic World, 1660-1830

An Economy of Colour

T. J. Barringer

Timothy Barringer

Douglas Fordham

This volume is dedicated to the problematic relationship between art and the British Empire from the 16th century to decolonization in the 20th century. It examines a wide range of visual production, including book illustration, portraiture, monumental sculpture, genre and history painting, visual satire, and more.

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