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Beauty Born of Struggle: The Art of Black Washington edited by Jeffrey C. Stewart 2017-2022 March 16-17, 2017
LIBRA N386.U5 A36 v.83
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Washington (D.C.). Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (U.S.)
- Series:
- Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; 83.
- Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 60.
- Studies in the History of Art v. 83 0091-7338
- Symposium papers ; 60
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Snowden, Sylvia, 1942-.
- Snowden, Sylvia.
- Stovall, Lou, 1937-.
- Stovall, Lou.
- Thomas, Alma, 1891-1978.
- Thomas, Alma.
- Donaldson, Jeff, 1932-2004.
- Donaldson, Jeff.
- Porter, James A. (James Amos), 1905-1970.
- Porter, James A. (James Amos).
- Burwell, Lilian Thomas, 1927-.
- Burwell, Lilian Thomas.
- Coleman, Floyd W., 1939-.
- Coleman, Floyd W.
- Gilliam, Sam, Jr., 1933-2022.
- Gilliam, Sam.
- Morrison, Keith, 1942-.
- Morrison, Keith.
- Puryear, Martin, 1941-.
- Puryear, Martin.
- Snowden, Sylvia 1942-.
- Stovall, Lou 1937-.
- Thomas, Alma 1891-1978.
- Donaldson, Jeff 1932-2004.
- Porter, James A. (James Amos) 1905-1970.
- Howard University. Gallery of Art--United States.
- Howard University. Gallery of Art.
- The Phillips Collection--United States.
- The Phillips Collection.
- African American art--United States 20th Century.
- African American art.
- Burwell, Lilian Thomas 1927-.
- Coleman, Floyd W. 1939-.
- Driskell, David C. 1931-2020.
- Driskell, David C.
- Gilliam, Sam 1933-2022.
- Morrison, Keith 1942-.
- Puryear, Martin 1941-.
- Genre:
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 368 pages, 278 illustrations, 29cm.
- Place of Publication:
- 2017-2022
- New Haven and London: Yale University Press, [2023]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a twentieth century during which modern art largely abandoned beauty as its imperative, a group of Black artists from Washington, DC, made beauty the center of their art making. This book highlights these influential artists, including David C. Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Lois Mailou Jones, and Alma Thomas, in the context of what Jeffrey C. Stewart describes as the Washington Black Renaissance. Vibrant histories of key District institutions and the city's communities of educators, critics, and collectors animate a nuanced consideration of the evolution of an aesthetic dialectic from the 1920s up to the present day. The fifteen essays in the volume are grounded by voices from a live artist panel at the National Gallery of Art in 2017, which included Lilian Thomas Burwell, Floyd Coleman, David C. Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Keith Morrison, Martin Puryear, Sylvia Snowden, and Lou Stovall.
- Credits:
- Contributors: Rhea L. Combs, Adrienne Edwards, Gwendolyn H. Everett, Jacqueline Francis, Paul Gardullo, Michael D. Harris, Lauren Haynes, Steven Nelson, Robert G. O'Meally, Richard J. Powell, Jacquelyn Serwer, Elsa Smithgall, Jeffrey C. Stewart, John A. Tyson, Tobias Wofford
- Notes:
- This volume includes proceedings of the symposium "The African American Art World in Twentieth-Century Washington, DC," organized by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National gallery of Art, and sponsored by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. The symposium was held March 16-17, 2017, in Washington.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300267105
- 030026710X
- OCLC:
- 1365772807
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