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Modern Negro Art Hardcover
Hardcover
ArtistsAmerican Art - African American & BlackIndividual Artists
Publisher Price: $38.00
ISBN13: 9781639233113
Publisher: Lushena Books Inc
Published: Sep 27 2021
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Explore the Foundational Masterwork of African American Art History
First published in 1943, Modern Negro Art by James A. Porter is universally recognized as the most important foundational text of African American art history. Before Porter's exhaustive, decades-long research, the immense contributions of Black painters, sculptors, and artisans were largely ignored or actively dismissed by mainstream Western art critics. As a pioneering artist and educator at Howard University, Porter meticulously documented the rich, centuries-long legacy of Black visual arts in America, ensuring these masterful creators would never be erased from history.
This groundbreaking volume traces the evolution of African American art from the anonymous, highly skilled craftsmen of the slavery era through the emergence of the first recognized Black professionals in the 18th and 19th centuries, culminating in the vibrant, explosive creativity of the Harlem Renaissance and the New Deal era. By combining rigorous academic research with deep cultural appreciation, Porter single-handedly established the formal academic discipline of Black art history.
Inside this classic historical text, readers will explore:
- Early Masters: The incredible lives and works of pioneer artists like Joshua Johnston, Edward Mitchell Bannister, and Edmonia Lewis.
- The Harlem Renaissance: An in-depth look at the cultural explosion of the 1920s and the visionary painters and sculptors who defined the New Negro movement.
- Artistic Evolution: How Black artisans transitioned from enslaved craftsmen to celebrated, internationally recognized masters of the visual arts.
An absolute necessity for art historians, curators, and students of African American studies, Modern Negro Art remains the definitive starting point for understanding the profound visual legacy of the African diaspora.
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