|
Books > History > American history
|
Buy Now
An American Odyssey - The Life and Work of Romare Bearden (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R886
Discovery Miles 8 860
You Save: R180
(17%)
|
|
|
An American Odyssey - The Life and Work of Romare Bearden (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
One of the most important and underappreciated visual artists of
the twentieth century, Romare Bearden started as a cartoonist
during his college years and emerged as a painter during the 1930s,
at the tail end of the Harlem Renaissance and in time to be part of
a significant community of black artists supported by the WPA.
Though light-skinned and able to "pass, " Bearden embraced his
African heritage, choosing to paint social realist canvases of
African-American life. After World War II, he became one of a
handful of black artists to exhibit in a private gallery-the
commercial outlet that would form the core of the American art
world's post-war marketplace. Rejecting Abstract Expressionism, he
lived briefly in Paris. After he suffered a nervous breakdown,
Bearden returned to New York, turning to painting just as the civil
rights movement was gaining ground with the 1954 Brown v. Board of
Education and the Montgomery bus boycott. By the time of the March
on Washington in 1963, Bearden had begun to experiment with
collage-or Projection, as he called it-the medium for which he
would ultimately become famous. In An American Odyssey, Mary
Schmidt Campbell offers readers an enlightening analysis of
Bearden's influences and the thematic focus of his mature work.
Bearden's work provides an exquisite portrait of memory and the
African American past; according to Campbell, it also offers a
record of the narrative impact of visual imagery in the twentieth
century, revealing how the emerging popularity of photography, film
and television depicted African Americans during their struggle to
be recognized as full citizens of the United States.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
