People of Color in European Art History

[browngirl]

http://medievalpoc.tumblr.com

This blog is an example of what I love about the Internet. I would say that someone should show it to everyone who argues that it's not 'realistic' to put POC in quasi-European fantasy (let alone SF), but I don't want to inflict them on the blog's author.

Comments

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Lesson for me--Three famous constellations, Andromeda, Casseopeia, and Cephus are named for and depict sub-saharan African royalty.

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Thank you for posting this. I particularly love the one by Rembrandt, I'm going to add that to one of my pinterest boards.

[kayliemalinza.livejournal.com]

eeeee! love this, bookmarking it for sure ^_^

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[fjm.livejournal.com]

The mural at the Royal Palace in Kensington features two black men among the courtiers: both were the principle body servants (ie not exactly "servants" in the modern sense) of George I.

[fjm.livejournal.com]

ps, I also recommend Robert Winder's book Bloody Foreigners for a more accurate set of info about who was in England in pretty much any period (there were probably more Africans than Scots in 15th century London).

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for the book rec!