America (picture)
America is a well-known engraving by the Belgian painter Jan van der Straet , also known as Stradanus. It was created between 1575 and 1580.
The picture shows Amerigo Vespucci , who ends up in the New World and talks to an undressed native.
In the background, stereotypes about natives are served, u. a. Cannibalism .
America became a symbol of the discovery of the New World .
literature
- Erwin Walter Palm : America or the time that has been caught up. In praise of Vespucci by Joannes Stradanus . In: Anneliese Mönnich, Berthold Riese , Günter Vollmer (eds.): Memorial for Gerdt Kutscher . Gebr. Mann Verlag Berlin 1985, pp. 11-17.