The New World in Early Modern Italy, 1492-1750 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107122871)

Italians became fascinated by the New World in the early modern period. While Atlantic World scholarship has traditionally tended to focus on the acts of conquest and the politics of colonialism, these essays consider the reception of ideas, images and goods from the Americas in the non-colonial states of Italy. Italians began to venerate images of the Peruvian Virgin of Copacabana, plant tomatoes, potatoes, and maize, and publish costume books showcasing the clothing of the kings and queens of Florida, revealing the powerful hold that the Americas had on the Italian imagination. By considering a variety of cases illuminating the presence of the Americas in Italy, this volume demonstrates how early modern Italian culture developed as much from multicultural contact - with Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and the Caribbean - as it did from the rediscovery of classical antiquity.

Author: Elizabeth Horodowich
ISBN-10: 1107122872
ISBN-13: 9781107122871
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2017
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 7.61h x 10.42w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2018