African American art and artists /

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Author / Creator:Lewis, Samella S.
Edition:3rd. ed., rev. and expanded.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Description:xix, 340 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4922549
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ISBN:0520239296 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520239350 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-338) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction to the Revised and Expanded Edition
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction 1619-1865
  • Cultural Deprivation and Slavery
  • The Craft Heritage as an Economic Resource
  • The Emergence of Professional Artists Freemen and the Abolitionist Movement
  • Discrimination and the Problem of Patronage 1865-1920
  • Emancipation and Cultural Dilemma
  • The First Major Landscape Painter
  • The Diverse Quests for Professional Status American Reliance on the European
  • Artistic Tradition 192-1940:
  • New Americanism and Ethnic Identity
  • The Spread of the Harlem Movement
  • The Self-Taught Individualists 1940-1960
  • Social and Political Awareness
  • Mural Art as Cultural and Social Commentary
  • The WPA and Its Legacy 1960-1990
  • Political and Cultural Awareness
  • Painting
  • The Flag: A Symbol of Repression Reality and the Dream Symbolism: Geometric, Organic, and Figurative
  • Mixed-Media Assemblages Sculpture: Additive or Direct
  • Art/Craft Drawing Graphic Processes: Economical and Aesthetic
  • Approaches to Communication Performances/Installations/Environments 1990-2002
  • From Painting to Technology: Art Before and into The New Millennium
  • Painting Sculpture Installation
  • Art Mixed-Media Art Digital/Computer Art
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index