The Image of the Black in Western Art: From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition
- ISBN-10
- 0674052625
- ISBN-13
- 9780674052628
- Series
- The Image of the Black in Western Art
- Category
- Black people in art
- Pages
- 440
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Authors
- David Bindman, Henry Louis Gates
Description
This monumental publication offers expert commentary and a lavishly 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 new creations by contemporary black artists. Featuring thousands of beautiful, moving, and often little-known images of black people, including queens and slaves, saints and soldiers, children and gods, The Image of the Black in Western Art provides a treasury of masterpieces from four millennia--a testament to the black experience in the West and a tribute to art's enduring power to shape our common humanity. Volume II, Part 1, written largely by the noted French scholar Jean Devisse, has established itself as a classic in the field of medieval art.
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