"The essays in this book provide interesting contributions to the ongoing debate concerning the representation of differing cultures, i.e., the 'image of the Other' in the early modern period. They deal with images, projections, and perceptions, based onvarious experiences of coexistence. Although the individual contributions contain sources and references of iconography, this is not just another volume of art history or visual studies. As examples of practices in diverse historical contexts, the book includes a variety of textual material, such as literary productions, rhetorical exercises, dramatic applications, chronicles, epistles, and diary-like historical accounts that express ethnographic sensitivities. Thus, supported by a thorough research apparatus, these studies propose a new cultural history of the early modern coexistence of various communities, as identified in current research by young scholars. Another novel feature of the volume is the deliberate digression of traditional scholars' focus and the investigation of rarely examined regions and practices. This approach allows the contributors to spotlight their special areas of research and to share a fresh new look at the Renaissance"--Publisher description.
Young historians explore early modern Christian images, representations, projections, and perceptions of Muslims based on various experiences of coexistence. Among their topics are the Good Fowler as a world conqueror: images of Suleyman the Magnificent in early modern Hungarian literary practice, constructing a self-image in the image of the Other: Pope Pius II's letter to Sultan Mehmed II, and the Ragusan image of Venice and the Venetian image of Ragusa in the early modern period. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
