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2007 The sa similation of the marvelous other: Reading Christoph Weiditz's Trachtenbuch (1529) as an ethnographic document Andrea McKenzie Satterfield University of South Florida
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(1529) as an Ethnographic Document
by
Andrea McKenzie Satterfield
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Department of Art and Art History College of Visual and Performing Arts University of South Florida
Major Professor: Helena K. Szépe, Ph.D. Giovanna Benadusi, Ph.D. Elisabeth Fraser, Ph.D.
Date of Approval: April 12, 2007
Keywords: ethnographic, Charles V, indigenous Americans, performance, social structure
© Copyright 2007, Andrea M. Satterfield
Table of Contents
List of Figures……………………………………………………………………………..ii
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………..vii
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..1
Chapter One: Weiditz and His Manuscript: What is the Trachtenbuch and Why was it Created?……………………………………………………..24
Chapter Two: Physical Assimilation at Court: Indigenous American Performance and the Negotiation of Identity…………………………….51
Chapter Three: Visual Assimilation in the Trachtenbuch: Weiditz’s Active Images Compartmentalize a Nation…………………………….70
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….91
Works Cited……………………………………………………………………………...95
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………101
Appendix 1: Visual Analysis of the Trachtenbuch…………………………………….108
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List of Figures
Figure 1. Indian with Accoutrement. Christoph Weiditz, Trachtenbuch (1529). Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. SOURCE: Christoph Weiditz, Theodor Hampe, Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1994)…………………………………………………12
Figure 2. Albrecht Dürer, Psalm 24, Book of Hours of Maximilian (1512). Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. SOURCE: Jay Levenson, ed., Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992)……………….12
Figure 3. Indian Ballgame. Christoph Weiditz, Trachtenbuch (1529). Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. SOURCE: Christoph Weiditz, Theodor Hampe, Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1994)…………………………………………………13
Figure 4. Indian dice game, perhaps patolli. Christoph Weiditz, Trachtenbuch (1529). Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. SOURCE: Christoph Weiditz, Theodor Hampe, Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance