Beholding Christ and Christianity in African American Art (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2018
Editors:	James Romaine (Associate Professor of Art History) • Phoebe Wolfskill
Dimensions:	254 x 203 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-0-271-07775-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Pre-Raphaelite art Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General Promotions
LSN:	0-271-07775-1
Barcode:	9780271077758

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