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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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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