Many of the most celebrated African American artists have created
works that visually manifest Christian motifs and themes, yet this
component of the history of African American art is often subsumed
by attention to racial identity. This volume constructs a vivid new
history of African American art by exploring biblical and Christian
subjects and themes in the work of such noted artists as Romare
Bearden, Edmonia Lewis, Archibald Motley, Henry O. Tanner, and
James VanDerZee. Focusing on the work of artists who came to
maturity between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Era, the
contributors show how engaging with religious themes has served to
express an array of racial, political, and socio-economic concerns
for African American artists. Through a close analysis of aesthetic
techniques and choices, each author considers race but does not
assume it as a predominant factor. Instead, the contributors assess
artworks’ formal, iconographic, and thematic participation in the
history of Christianity and the visual arts. In doing so, this
collection refuses to lay a single claim on black religiosity,
culture, or art, but rather explores its diversity and celebrates
the complexity of African American visual expression. In addition
to the editors, the contributors are Kirsten Pai Buick, Julie Levin
Caro, Jacqueline Francis, Caroline Goeser, Amy K. Hamlin, Kymberly
N. Pinder, Richard J. Powell, Edward M. Puchner, Kristin Schwain,
James Smalls, Carla Williams, and Elaine Y. Yau.
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