African American art : Harlem Renaissance, civil rights era, and beyond / Richard J. Powell and Virginia M. Mecklenburg ; with contributions by Marcia Battle.
Smithsonian American Art Museum.; Powell, Richard J., 1953-; Mecklenburg, Virginia M. (Virginia McCord), 1946-
2012
N6538.N5 S595 2012
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Title African American art : Harlem Renaissance, civil rights era, and beyond / Richard J. Powell and Virginia M. Mecklenburg ; with contributions by Marcia Battle.
Corporate Author Smithsonian American Art Museum.
ISBN 9780847838905 hardcover alkaline paper
0847838900 hardcover alkaline paper
9780937311998 paperback alkaline paper
0937311995 paperback alkaline paper
Published Washington, DC : Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2012.
Language English
Description 255 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Call Number N6538.N5 S595 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 704.03/960730074753
Summary "A beautifully illustrated survey of African American art of the twentieth century, including many never-before-seen works by the most important artists of the period. African American Art presents a powerful selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists who explored the African American experience of the twentieth century. Embracing many universal themes and also evoking specific aspects of the African American experience such as the African diaspora, jazz, and the power of religion, the artists worked in styles as varied as documentary realism, abstraction, and postmodern assemblage of found objects. Drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's rich collection of African American art, the works include paintings by Benny Andrews, Jacob Lawrence, Thornton Dial Sr., Romare Bearden, Alma Thomas, and Lois Mailou Jones, and photographs by Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks, Roland Freeman, Marilyn Nance, and James Van Der Zee. More than half of the artworks in the exhibition are being shown for the first time. In Richard Powell's text, his usual keen insights into meaning and metaphor enrich the reader's understanding of the artworks in their historical setting and contemporary culture."--Publisher's website.
Note Published in conjunction with the related exhibition, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, April 27, 2012 through September 3, 2012.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.
Added Author Powell, Richard J., 1953-
Mecklenburg, Virginia M. (Virginia McCord), 1946-
Linked Resources Additional resources at exhibition's Web site:
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Acknowledgments / Virginia M. Mecklenburg
Introduction / Elizabeth Broun
Herein lie buried many things : screens, entryways, and cabinets in twentieth-century Black visual discourse / Richard J. Powell
Commentaries on the artworks / Virginia Mecklenburg with Maricia Battle and Mary J. Cleary
Checklist of the exhibition.

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