Black Africans in Renaissance Europe

Originally a blog detailing the ramblings of an Open University [2008] art undergraduate in search of a subject for and execution of 4,500 word essay, now with occasional additions as other Blacks are discovered.
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Saturday, 20 December 2008

Dürer's 1504 Black Magus and a 1904 copy

The tradition of the black magus seems to be very much alive to this day. I was in Germany last week attending my company’s Christmas Party...

Tuesday, 9 December 2008

A Result and the Way Forward

Despite the fact the OU said the result would be posted on the 12th Dec they where actually posted today 9th Dec ’09 – a friend who works f...

Saturday, 13 September 2008

Well that’s it …...

...............just posted the essay; three copies first class to Milton Keynes. I feel a bit empty now, as the essay has consumed all my sp...

Friday, 12 September 2008

The Conclusion - ‘not one of us’

To conclude, this investigation set out to answer three questions: what was work’s function; how did its image reach England; how was that ...

Sunday, 7 September 2008

Blacks In Renaissance England

Despite the fact that no black King visited England during the period there was a well understood iconography associated and attitude toward...

Friday, 5 September 2008

The Essay's Home Straight....

On the home strech now VIEWING and CONCLUSION to go. then the COLLATING….PRINTING and BINDING these latter tasks are not without effort and...

The Black Arrives in England...

I've spent so much time looking and looking and looking at the piece I've forgotten that there are three themes I'm supposed to ...

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