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The Color of Stone - Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth-Century America (Paperback)
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The Color of Stone - Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth-Century America (Paperback)
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Nineteenth-century neoclassical sculpture was a highly politicized
international movement. Based in Rome, many expatriate American
sculptors created works that represented black female subjects in
compelling and problematic ways. Rejecting pigment as dangerous and
sensual, adherence to white marble abandoned the racialization of
the black body by skin color.
In "The Color of Stone, "Charmaine A. Nelson brilliantly analyzes
a key, but often neglected, aspect of neoclassical sculpture-color.
Considering three major works-Hiram Powers's Greek Slave, William
Wetmore Story's Cleopatra, and Edmonia Lewis's Death of
Cleopatra-she explores the intersection of race, sex, and class to
reveal the meanings each work holds in terms of colonial histories
of visual representation as well as issues of artistic production,
identity, and subjectivity. She also juxtaposes these sculptures
with other types of art to scrutinize prevalent racial discourses
and to examine how the black female subject was made visible in
high art.
By establishing the centrality of race within the discussion of
neoclassical sculpture, Nelson provides a model for a black
feminist art history that at once questions and destabilizes
canonical texts.
Charmaine A. Nelson is assistant professor of art history at
McGill University.
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