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The historical painting The Death of General Wolfe (1771) features a noble-savage Indian observing the behaviours of civilized British soldiers facing
The historical painting The Death of General Wolfe (1771) features a noble-savage Indian observing the behaviours of civilized British soldiers facing the battlefield death of their commanding officer. (Benjamin West; detail)
In the essay "Of Cannibals" (1580), about the Tupinambá people of Brazil, the philosopher Michel de Montaigne introduced the noble savage (nature's ge
In the essay "Of Cannibals" (1580), about the Tupinambá people of Brazil, the philosopher Michel de Montaigne introduced the noble savage (nature's gentleman) as a stock character in the stories of Europeans' relations with the non-European Other.
The playwright John Dryden coined the term "noble savage" in the stageplay The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards (1672).
The playwright John Dryden coined the term "noble savage" in the stageplay The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards (1672).
In the poem "An Essay on Man" (1734), the poet Alexander Pope developed the noble savage into the non-European Other. (Jonathan Richardson, c. 1736)
In the poem "An Essay on Man" (1734), the poet Alexander Pope developed the noble savage into the non-European Other. (Jonathan Richardson, c. 1736)
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In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908–1909), by Henri Rousseau
In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908–1909), by Henri Rousseau
The stylistic influences of the African mask of the Fang people are noticeable in the painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), by Pablo Picasso.
The stylistic influences of the African mask of the Fang people are noticeable in the painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), by Pablo Picasso.
Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892), by Paul Gauguin
Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892), by Paul Gauguin
In the painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) the two figures at the right indicate the stylistic origin of Pablo Picasso's African period
In the painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) the two figures at the right indicate the stylistic origin of Pablo Picasso's African period