From its origins in early 18th century slave communities to the end of the 20th century, African-American art has made a vital contribution to the art of the United States. This book provides a major reassessment of the subject, setting the art in the context of the African-American experience. 70 color illustrations. 5 linecuts.
From its origins in early 18th century slave communities to the end of the 20th century, African-American art has made a vital contribution to the art of the United States. This book provides a major reassessment of the subject, setting the art in the context of the African-American experience. 70 color illustrations. 5 linecuts.
Sharon F. Patton is Director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies and Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Michigan.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Chapter 1: Colonial America and the Young Republic 1700-1820: * Introduction: The fight for independence 1775-83; Africa, North America, and African American Culture * Plantations: Architecture and the plantation layout; Slave houses * The revival of African culture on the plantations: Life on the plantations; New European-American influences * A Planter's house in Louisiana - Plantation slave artists and craftsmen: Textiles and patchwork quilts; Folk art; Pottery * Urban Slave Artists and Craftsmen: Furniture; Silversmiths; Fine artists * Chapter 2: Nineteenth-Century America, The Civil War and Reconstruction: * Introduction: The anti-slavery movement; Free black and slave artisans; Fine artists * Architecture, the decorative arts, and folk art: Urban and rural Architecture; Furniture; Metalwork and woodcarving; Pottery; Quilts * Fine arts: Painting, sculpture, and graphic arts: Exhibitions and the viewing public; Abolitionist patronage; Graphic arts; Landscape painting; Neoclassical sculpture; Genre and biblical painting * Chapter 3: Twentieth-Century America and Modern Art 1900-60: * Introduction: Civil rights and double-consciousness; The development of a modern American art * African-American culture, the New Negro and art in the 1920s: The Great Migration; The Jazz Age; Expatriates and Paris, the Negro colony; The New Negro movement; Photography; The New Negro artist; Graphic art; Painting * The patronage of the New Negro Artist * State Funding and the Rise of African-American Art: The Federal Arts Project; The legacy of the New Negro movement: Negritude and figurative sculpture; Folk art; American Scene painting; African-American murals; WPA Workshops and community art centres; Social realism; Abstract art and modernism in New York; Abstract figurative painting; Patronage and critical debate * American culture post World War II: Folk art; Painting: Expressionism and Surrealism * Abstract Expressionism and African-American Art: Primitivism; Early Abstract Expressionism: Bearden, Woodruff, and Alston; Abstract Expressionism; Second generation of Abstract Expressionists 1955-61 * Chapter 4: Twentieth-Century America: The Evolution of a Black Aesthetic: * Introduction: Civil rights and black nationalism * Cultural crisis: Black artist or American artist: Spiral artist's group 1964-66; Painting * The evolution of a modern black aesthetic: Defining black art; Painting; Sculpture * Art institutions and the artists' groups: Mainstream art institutions; Black art aesthetics; Black art and black power; Black artists' groups * Towards a New Abstraction: Are you black enough?; Painting; Sculpture * The Postmodern condition 1980-93: Painting; Video art; Sculpture; Photography * Conclusion, Notes, List of Illustrations, Bibliographic Essay, Timeline, Index
* Introduction * Chapter 1: Colonial America and the Young Republic 1700-1820: * Introduction: The fight for independence 1775-83; Africa, North America, and African American Culture * Plantations: Architecture and the plantation layout; Slave houses * The revival of African culture on the plantations: Life on the plantations; New European-American influences * A Planter's house in Louisiana - Plantation slave artists and craftsmen: Textiles and patchwork quilts; Folk art; Pottery * Urban Slave Artists and Craftsmen: Furniture; Silversmiths; Fine artists * Chapter 2: Nineteenth-Century America, The Civil War and Reconstruction: * Introduction: The anti-slavery movement; Free black and slave artisans; Fine artists * Architecture, the decorative arts, and folk art: Urban and rural Architecture; Furniture; Metalwork and woodcarving; Pottery; Quilts * Fine arts: Painting, sculpture, and graphic arts: Exhibitions and the viewing public; Abolitionist patronage; Graphic arts; Landscape painting; Neoclassical sculpture; Genre and biblical painting * Chapter 3: Twentieth-Century America and Modern Art 1900-60: * Introduction: Civil rights and double-consciousness; The development of a modern American art * African-American culture, the New Negro and art in the 1920s: The Great Migration; The Jazz Age; Expatriates and Paris, the Negro colony; The New Negro movement; Photography; The New Negro artist; Graphic art; Painting * The patronage of the New Negro Artist * State Funding and the Rise of African-American Art: The Federal Arts Project; The legacy of the New Negro movement: Negritude and figurative sculpture; Folk art; American Scene painting; African-American murals; WPA Workshops and community art centres; Social realism; Abstract art and modernism in New York; Abstract figurative painting; Patronage and critical debate * American culture post World War II: Folk art; Painting: Expressionism and Surrealism * Abstract Expressionism and African-American Art: Primitivism; Early Abstract Expressionism: Bearden, Woodruff, and Alston; Abstract Expressionism; Second generation of Abstract Expressionists 1955-61 * Chapter 4: Twentieth-Century America: The Evolution of a Black Aesthetic: * Introduction: Civil rights and black nationalism * Cultural crisis: Black artist or American artist: Spiral artist's group 1964-66; Painting * The evolution of a modern black aesthetic: Defining black art; Painting; Sculpture * Art institutions and the artists' groups: Mainstream art institutions; Black art aesthetics; Black art and black power; Black artists' groups * Towards a New Abstraction: Are you black enough?; Painting; Sculpture * The Postmodern condition 1980-93: Painting; Video art; Sculpture; Photography * Conclusion, Notes, List of Illustrations, Bibliographic Essay, Timeline, Index
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