Art of the Black Atlantic
This website features students’ original research on the Wellin Museum’s Beinecke Collection of the Lesser Antilles. The primary focus of the Beinecke Collection is the nineteenth-century Caribbean. However, other artworks in the collection go back as early as the seventeenth century and also to other regions, including the United States.
These artworks provide invaluable insight into how Europeans pictured and imagined the Americas before, during, and after the colonial periods. At base, students’ research projects reveal how European travelers and cartographers understood foreign lands, their inhabitants, and their inhabitants’ respective cultures. Students invite you to check out the links to their individual websites to learn more about specific artworks below.
