The Portuguese in African and Asian art.

[Alvarado]

The age of discovery started with portuguese voyages of exploration. As a result of that, Europeans came into contact with new cultures and races. It's interesting to see how natives depicted them.


Depictions of Portuguese in African art


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Nigeria, Edo Peoples Court of Benin - 15th-16th cent. Portuguese Figures.



http://www.oberlin.edu/images/006S.JPG

Nigeria - Benin. Edo Brass Figure of a Portuguese Soldier. 16th century.



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Saltcellar, Benin kingdom. 16th century.The figures on the bowl depict Portuguese men.



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Nigeria - Edo Seated Portuguese Figure. 18th century.



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Portuguese captain and his black retainer.



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Portugese Soldier. Edo Peoples, Benin. 16th century.



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18th century Pendant of a Portuguese Horseman, Benin.



http://www.coincoin.com/bDuchBeninS60.jpg

Benin Plaque Depicting a Portuguese Man Holding a Staff of Office, probably 16th Century



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Brass plaque which decorated the palace of the Benin Obas, Benin City, Nigeria, 1575-1625. A depiction of Portuguese male figures of traders or officials.

[Alvarado]

THE PORTUGUESE IN JAPAN. NAMBAN ART.


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4Da3aEiV7tE/RwEVp5DAYjI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/KVvXXWEHtqc/s320/nanban_portuguese_carrack.jpg

http://cf.juggle-images.com/fit/white/600x600/wg-nanban-trade-period-8.jpg

http://images.imagestate.com/Watermark/2357091.jpg

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http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/lg/3/0/300572.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/I_David/Blogs/WWNW/port.jpg

http://www.learner.org/courses/worldhistory/archive-files/2000/2517f.jpg

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http://images.imagestate.com/Watermark/2330480.jpg

[Cato]

Namban means southern barbarian in Japanese, I believe, a term they borrowed from the Chinese (the Chinese term is nanren, I believe, and they used it to refer to the Viets, Cambodians, etc.). All Europeans were barbarians to the Japanese, but they used a southerly-directed term because of the fact that Europeans always came up to Japan from the south.

[Hispania]

ineteresting