Black art a cultural history

Introduction : the dark center -- Art, culture, and "the souls of Black folk" -- Enter and exit the "New Negro" -- The cult of the people -- Pride, assimilation, and dreams -- "Black is a color" -- Culture as currency -- Through a glass, diasporally -- Fin-de-siècle blu...

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1. Verfasser: Powell, Richard J. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London Thames & Hudson 2021
Ausgabe:Third edition
Schriftenreihe:World of art
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : the dark center -- Art, culture, and "the souls of Black folk" -- Enter and exit the "New Negro" -- The cult of the people -- Pride, assimilation, and dreams -- "Black is a color" -- Culture as currency -- Through a glass, diasporally -- Fin-de-siècle blues -- The price of blackness
"The African diaspora - a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism - has generated a wide array of artistic achievements, from blues and reggae, to the paintings of the pioneering African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner and video creations of contemporary hip-hop artists. This book concentrates on how these works, often created during times of major social upheaval and transformation, use black culture both as a subject and as context. From musings on "the souls of black folk" in late nineteenth-century art, to questions of racial and cultural identities in performance, media, and computer-assisted arts in the twenty-first century, this book examines the philosophical and social forces that have shaped a black presence in modern and contemporary visual culture. Now updated, this new edition helps us understand better how the first two decades of the twenty-first century have been a transformative moment in which previous assumptions about race, difference, and identity have been irrevocably altered, with art providing a useful lens through which to think about these compelling issues"--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:Previous edition: 2002. - First published in 1997 in the United Kingdom under the title 'Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century' by Thames & Hudson Ltd, London. - First published in 1997 in the United States of America under the title 'Black Art and Culture in the 20th Century' by Thames & Hudson Inc., New York
Beschreibung:359 Seiten
218 Illustrationen (teilweise farbig)
21 cm
ISBN:9780500204665
978-0-500-20466-5