Creating Their Own Image

The History of African-American Women Artists
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-976760-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 1270 g

Winner of multiple honors--the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians, the Outstanding Contribution to Publishing by the BCALA Literary Award Committee, nonfiction finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Non-fiction, Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation, Black Caucus of the American Library Association
Lavishly illustrated with color and black and white images, some of them rarely or never before published.
First synthesis of African American women's art and artists from enslavement to the present, including biographical portraits of acclaimed contemporary artists.
Adoption title for African American art and history of women artists courses.

Hailed as "a captivating and thorough study of a long-ignored aspect of America's art history" (CHOICE), Creating Their Own Image offers the first comprehensive history of African-American women artists, spanning from slavery to the Harlem Renaissance and the tumultuous civil rights era, right up to the present day. Lavishly illustrated throughout with color illustrations, this magnificent volume richly details hundreds of important works--including some images never before published--to present a portrait of artistic creativity unprecedented in ist scope and ambition. Weaving together an expansive collection of artists, styles, and periods, Lisa Farrington argues that for centuries African-American women artists have created an alternative vision of how women of color can, are, and might be represented in American culture. From utilitarian objects such as quilts and baskets to a wide array of fine arts, Creating Their Own Image serves up compelling evidence of the fundamental human need to convey one's life, emotions, and experiences on a canvas of one's own making.

Zielgruppe

General readers and students interested in American art history, African American history, and women's history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farrington, Lisa E

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstpsychologie und -soziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I1: The Image
Part II8: Abstract Explorations
Notes/ Bibliography/ Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa E. Farrington, Chair of the Department of Art and Music, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Lisa E. Farrington is Chairperson and Professor in the Department of Art & Music at John Jay College. Her books include Faith Ringgold and Art on Fire: The Politics of Race and Sex in the Paintings of Faith Ringgold.