Representations of Blackness from the Middle-Ages until the 20th century

Representations of Blackness from the Middle-Ages until the 20th century

In a representative portrait of Prince Eugene, in the Belvedere collection, a Black page appears at his side whose stereotypical depiction belongs to a racist pictorial tradition. In European art, Black people are often illustrated as exoticized bystanders sometimes alike mere decorative attributes. This guided tour and dialogue between the Historian Tayla Myree and Art mediator Paul Walther gives an understanding of Black representation in artwork in the of the Upper Belvedere. At the end of the tour, there will be time for a joint discussion.

Tour in English.

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