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Blackamoor is a type of figure in European decorative art, from the Early Modern period, depicting a black man. Common examples of items and objects decorated in the blackamoor style include sculpture, jewellery, and furniture. Typically the sculpted figures carried something, such as candles or a tray. They were thus an exotic and lightweight variant for the "atlas" in architecture and decorative arts, especially popular in the Rococo period.

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  • Blackamoor is a type of figure in European decorative art, from the Early Modern period, depicting a black man. Common examples of items and objects decorated in the blackamoor style include sculpture, jewellery, and furniture. Typically the sculpted figures carried something, such as candles or a tray. They were thus an exotic and lightweight variant for the "atlas" in architecture and decorative arts, especially popular in the Rococo period. The term "blackamoor" or "black moor" was once a general term for black people in English, "formerly without depreciatory force" as the OED puts it. The style is now viewed by some as racist and culturally insensitive. However, blackamoor pieces are still widely produced, mainly in Venice, Italy. (en)
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  • Blackamoor is a type of figure in European decorative art, from the Early Modern period, depicting a black man. Common examples of items and objects decorated in the blackamoor style include sculpture, jewellery, and furniture. Typically the sculpted figures carried something, such as candles or a tray. They were thus an exotic and lightweight variant for the "atlas" in architecture and decorative arts, especially popular in the Rococo period. (en)
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  • Blackamoor (decorative arts) (en)
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