Did you know that the word stereotype originated with the use of the printing press in the 15th century? Printers would use an image numerous times because an image engraved on wood wasn't very precise and copper images were time consuming and required much skill; so, to be cost effective, they utilized engravings created sometimes decades before.
Do you notice anything about the Native Indian figures in these pictures, taken from the engravings of Theodore de Bry in 1590? European features, Greek musculature - these images do not reflect reality and yet they were used again and again to portray what the indigenous people in the New World looked like to those interested in Europe.
This, and many other interesting facts can be discovered at university.
Why are they all naked? Is that supposed to be enticing to good Christian Europeans?
ReplyDeleteLook at all those round buttocks and tell me you're not enticed.
ReplyDeleteWhy are they playing naked Tug of War with that Alligator?
ReplyDeleteAnd in the back, that's the worst game of twister I have ever seen.
What they do to combat the alligator is force a long sharp stick into its mouth when it bellows, flip the beast onto its back and beat it on its soft belly, the only place on its body not covered in scales. Ingenious really.
ReplyDeleteA stick? Who plays tug of war with a stick???
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