The Image of Black in Western Art

Informationen zum Autor Edited by David Bindman and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Klappentext In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became collector's items. A half-century later, Harvard University Press and the Du Bois Institute are proud to publish a complete set of ten sumptuous books, including new editions of the original volumes and two additional ones. Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World , written by a small team of French scholars, has established itself as a classic in the field of medieval art. The most striking development in this period was the gradual emergence of the black Magus, invariably a figure of great dignity, in the many representations of the Adoration of the Magi by the greatest masters of the time. The new introduction by Paul Kaplan provides a fresh perspective on the image of the black in medieval European art and contextualizes the classic essays on the subject. Zusammenfassung Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs created by unknown hands to the works of the great European masters such as Bosch! Rembrandt! Rubens! and Hogarth to stunning creations by contemporary black artists.

Product details

• Authors: David Bindman, David Gates Bindman
• Assisted by: David Bindman (Editor), Karen C. C. Dalton (Editor), Henry Louis Gates (Editor), Dalton Karen C. C. (Co-editor)
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.11.2010
• EAN: 9780674052581
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05258-1
• Dimensions: 256 mm x 288 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Image of the Black in Western; The Image of the Black in Western Art
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Ethnic Studies, ART / History / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General