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Black art : a cultural history / Richard J. Powell.
LIBRA NX164.B55 P69 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Powell, Richard J., 1953-
- Series:
- World of art
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts, Black.
- Arts, Modern--20th century.
- Arts, Modern.
- Popular culture--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised and expanded edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Thames & Hudson, 2002.
- Summary:
- The African diaspora generated a wide array of artistic achievements in the past century, from blues to reggae, from the paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner to the video installations of Keith Piper. Powell's study concentrates on the works of art themselves and on how these works use black culture as both subject and context. 190 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: published as Black art and culture in the 20th century. 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0500203628
- OCLC:
- 50526679
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