Black Figure in the European Imaginary

Studies the way in which the visual arts in Europe perceived, or imagined, black people during the long nineteenth-century.

List of contents

Introduction by David Bindman on the theme of representing black figures in European art

Essays by Childs and Libby with an Introduction defining "imaginary" as a noun and introducing the theme. This is followed by these sections, with each curator leading with her area of expertise:
1. Servitude, Race, and the Black Figure (Libby)
2. Portraits , Historical and Romantic (Childs and Libby)
3. The Black Body as Exoticism and Decoration (Childs)

Main catalogue presentation of 40 works

Checklist
Index

About the author

Susan H. Libby is Professor of art history at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Her research interests are the visual and material culture of French Caribbean slavery.
Adrienne L. Childs is an independent scholar and curator. She is an associate of the W.E.B Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Her interests are in the relationship between race and representation in European and Ame

Summary

Studies the way in which the visual arts in Europe perceived, or imagined, black people during the long nineteenth-century.

Product details

• Authors: Adrienne L. Childs, Susan H Libby
• Assisted by: Adrienne L Childs (Editor), Adrienne L. Childs (Editor), Susan H. Libby (Editor), Susan H Libby (Editor), David Bindman (Introduction)
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781907804496
• ISBN: 978-1-907804-49-6
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 280 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; Ethnic Studies, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, ART / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, Social and cultural history, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Black & Asian Studies, Human figures depicted in art, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, ART / American / African American & Black, The arts: general topics, Relating to African American / Black American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, Human figures depicted in the arts