{"product_id":"2026200013961-secondhand-european-vision-and-the-south-pacific","title":"European Vision And The South Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of art history and imperial exploration, European Vision and the South Pacific presents one of the most compelling accounts of how Western eyes — trained on classical tradition and Enlightenment ideals — were irrevocably transformed by their encounter with the peoples and landscapes of the Pacific. Bernard Smith chronicles the voyages of Cook and other great maritime explorers not merely as geographic conquests, but as profound visual and intellectual confrontations, tracing how artists and scientists aboard these expeditions struggled to reconcile what they witnessed with the aesthetic and philosophical frameworks they had inherited from Europe.\n\nSmith argues with meticulous scholarly rigour that the South Pacific was not merely a destination but a catalyst — a force that reshaped European art, science, and ideas about humanity itself. Drawing on a vast archive of paintings, drawings, and written records, he illustrates how the tension between empirical observation and romantic idealisation gave birth to entirely new modes of representation. This landmark work of art history and cultural scholarship remains as provocative and indispensable today as when it first appeared, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of what we call Western art was quietly remade on the shores of distant, uncharted seas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49210246398171,"sku":"2026200013961-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/22dd9ab5-c940-4888-b35c-83ff7cbe00ad.png?v=1788267980","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013961-secondhand-european-vision-and-the-south-pacific","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}