PART I: VISUAL CULTURE (30 points, 30%)
Respond to ONE of the following images in a 2-3 page double-spaced response.
1. A Portrait of Columbus Discovering the Indians
Discuss the above engraving. What does the image depict? What does it say about Spanish or,
more generally, European colonialism? How might sixteenth-century Europeans who had never
been to North America have perceived this image? Critique this message of this image using
what you learned in class. Feel free to include any other reflections evoked by the engraving.