The Planter's Prospect: Privilege and Slavery in Plantation Paintings

by John Michael Vlach

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Although nineteenth-century American landscapes typically were painted from a high vantage point, looking down from above, southern landscapes that featured plantations diverged from this convention in telling ways. Portraits of planters' landholdings were often depicted from a point below the plantation house, a perspective that directs the viewer's gaze upward and, as John Vlach observes, echoes the deference and respect the planter class assumed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807853526

ISBN13:9780807853528

Release Date:March 2002

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 8.0" x 10.0"

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19th Century Abolition African-American Studies Art Arts, Music & Photography History & Criticism Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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