This book, drawn from the NMAA's collection of works by more than 100 African American artists, is an invaluable guide to the art and lives of thirty-one of these artists. It encompasses works from the early 1800s to the present by Henry Ossawa Tanner, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Lois Mailou Jones, Romare Bearden, Robert Thompson, and many others. Used as required reading for several college art courses. Outstanding in every way. The essays about each artist are a graceful blend of history, biography and art ...
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This book, drawn from the NMAA's collection of works by more than 100 African American artists, is an invaluable guide to the art and lives of thirty-one of these artists. It encompasses works from the early 1800s to the present by Henry Ossawa Tanner, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Lois Mailou Jones, Romare Bearden, Robert Thompson, and many others. Used as required reading for several college art courses. Outstanding in every way. The essays about each artist are a graceful blend of history, biography and art criticism ... the variety of the works amazes, and the color reproductions are beautiful. -- MultiCultural Review The diverse collection of art and artists in Free Within Ourselves will awe, inspire and educate. -- Upscale
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Acceptable. FORMER LIBRARY COPY. Former Library book. Paperback The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.
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Like New. Size: 9x8x0; [From the library of Dr. Ralph Gomes, Howard University. ] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Edge scuffed. Clean, unmarked pages. Dr. Gomes was a professor at Howard University for 49 years in sociology and criminology. He was also a former Olympic athlete, representing Guyana in the 1960 Rome summer Olympics. Besides his scholarly work, Gomes was active in the black liberation movement. He had an impressive and deep collection of black art, historical advertising and iconography that spoke of the passage of black people and how they sought to record their life stories. His collection spanned from slavery, to antebellum life, to Jim Crow, to the Harlem Renaissance, to sport, to the civil rights movement.
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Very Good. 206 pages. Numerous colour and black & white photographs. Catalogue of a touring exhibition. U.S. orders are shipped from Lewiston, NY location.
