Miguel Gaete
@mgaetec.bsky.social
Social Art Historian. European Romanticism, colonisation, arts, and race. Leverhulme ECF. Winner of the Klaus Heyne Award 2023. Latino power.✊🏽
My paper on morbid sublimity in J.M. Rugendas' depictions of slavery in Brazil is finally out. It explores how the picturesque, the sublime, and brutality collide in his visual narrative of colonial violence and white enjoyment.👇
doi.org/10.11588/xxi...
doi.org/10.11588/xxi...
Johann Moritz Rugendas’ “Voyage pittoresque dans le Brésil”
| 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual
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April 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My paper on morbid sublimity in J.M. Rugendas' depictions of slavery in Brazil is finally out. It explores how the picturesque, the sublime, and brutality collide in his visual narrative of colonial violence and white enjoyment.👇
doi.org/10.11588/xxi...
doi.org/10.11588/xxi...
Who said that art historians cannot be cool? Many thanks @elisabethansel.bsky.social @schmidtfrank.bsky.social for making of my visit to Dresden such an unforgettable experience!
December 8, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Who said that art historians cannot be cool? Many thanks @elisabethansel.bsky.social @schmidtfrank.bsky.social for making of my visit to Dresden such an unforgettable experience!
Excited to present at TU Dresden in what will be my farewell from Germany. Huge thanks to @elisabethansel.bsky.social for the kind invitation. If you're around, come by for my talk on depictions of slavery, twisted picturesque, and morbid sublimity in Brazil!
December 7, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Excited to present at TU Dresden in what will be my farewell from Germany. Huge thanks to @elisabethansel.bsky.social for the kind invitation. If you're around, come by for my talk on depictions of slavery, twisted picturesque, and morbid sublimity in Brazil!