{"product_id":"art-in-the-americas-ethan-lasser-9780878469116","title":"Art in the Americas: Conflict, Culture, and Exchange in the Eighteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToward a new \"New World\"--the interwoven 18th-century Americas as viewed through fine art, religious items, furniture, decorative objects and more \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of 18th-century art from the Americas has traditionally emphasized a narrative of exceptionalism and independence. Yet the reality of this history is a far more nuanced story of encounter and interdependence across the geographic regions that are known today as North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Drawing a cultural cartography with objects from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, \u003ci\u003eArt in the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the exchange of ideas, materials, styles and techniques in the Western hemisphere. Family portraits by John Singleton Copley pair with pastel drawings of Black women in Guadeloupe; delicate blue-and-white Chinese export bowls sit alongside sterling silver Torah finials; an inlaid cabinet made in New Spain dazzles next to an Andean tapestry. Together with dozens of other objects, these works invert the typical dynamics of old world and new world; colonizer and colonized; tradition and innovation. Bolstered with essays by 27 writers, \u003ci\u003eArt in the Americas\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the range of voices who created fine and decorative arts in the 18th century, and those who study and present their legacy today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ethan Lasser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0878469117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878469116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MFA Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.70h x 8.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Ethan Lasser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48801374011647,"sku":"9780878469116","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-in-the-americas-ethan-lasser-9780878469116","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}