Blacks and Blackness in European Art of the Long Nineteenth Century (Paperback)

Compelling and troubling, colorful and dark, black figures served as the quintessential image of difference in nineteenth-century European art; the essays in this volume further the investigation of constructions of blackness during this period. This collection marks a phase in the scholarship on images of blacks that moves beyond undifferentiated binaries like 'negative' and 'positive' that fail to reveal complexities, contradictions, and ambiguities. Essays that cover the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century explore the visuality of blackness in anti-slavery imagery, black women in Orientalist art, race and beauty in fin-de-siecle photography, the French brand of blackface minstrelsy, and a set of little-known images of an African model by Edvard Munch. In spite of the difficulty of resurrecting black lives in nineteenth-century Europe, one essay chronicles the rare instance of an American artist of color in mid-nineteenth-century Europe. With analyses of works ranging from Gericault's Raft of the Medusa, to portraits of the American actor Ira Aldridge, this volume provides new interpretations of nineteenth-century representations of blacks.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2014
Editors:	Adrienne L. Childs
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-31031-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	1-138-31031-X
Barcode:	9781138310315

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