| Description |
xii, 264 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-257) and index. |
| Contents |
'The slave who paints': beginnings and the visual arts tradition: Dave the Potter, James P. Ball, Harriet Powers, Edmonia Lewis, Henry O. Tanner -- 'Establishing an art era' in the Harlem renaissance: Aaron Douglas, Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Charles Alston -- Struggle, survival and early abstraction: William Edmondson, Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence -- 'Images are weapons': history, narrative and a people's art: Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Gordon Parks -- 'Art comes to have a life of its own': aesthetics, experimentation and a new visual language: Norman Lewis, Romare Bearden, Betye Saar -- 'Racist pathology is the muck': towards a transgressive visual poetics: David Hammons, Howardena Pindell, Kara Walker. |
| Subject |
African American art.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte.
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| ISBN |
9780807859339 paperback alkaline paper |
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0807859338 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780807832561 cloth alkaline paper |
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0807832561 cloth alkaline paper |
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