Black Art - Revised and Expanded Edition

Informationen zum Autor Richard J. Powell (MFA, Howard University; Ph.D., Yale University) is the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art & Art History at Duke University. He is the author of Homecoming: The Art and Life of William H. Johnson , Black Art: A Cultural History , Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture and Going There: Black Visual Satire . Powell has also curated numerous art exhibitions, most notably Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, To Conserve A Legacy: American Art at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist. From 2007 until 2010, Powell was Editor-in-Chief of The Art Bulletin . Klappentext The African diaspora generated a wide array of artistic achievements in the past century, from blues to reggae, from the paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner to the video installations of Keith Piper. Powell's study concentrates on the works of art themselves and on how these works use black culture as both subject and context. 190 illustrations. Zusammenfassung Placing its emphasis on black cultural themes rather than on black racial identity! this volume explores the visual representations of black culture during the 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Powell, Richard J Powell, Richard J. Powell, Powell Richard J.
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2002
• EAN: 9780500203620
• ISBN: 978-0-500-20362-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Series: world of art; World of Art S.; World of Art
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, The arts: general issues, 20th Century, ART / History / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Black & Asian Studies, The arts: general topics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, american art history; black art history; soul of a nation