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1	Oxford History of Art more books like this by Sharon F Patton add to wishlist African-American art has made an increasingly vital contribution to the art of the United States from the time of its origins in early-eighteenth-century slave communities. Folk and decorative arts such as ceramics, furniture, and quilts are discussed alongside fine art - sculpture, painting, and photography - produced by African Americans, both ... see all copies from $8.83! new only from $17.43!
2	African American Art and Artists more books like this by Samella Lewis, Floyd Coleman (Foreword by) add to wishlist Drawing from historical and private collections around the country, Samella Lewis has gathered an impressive representation of the work of African American artists, from the 18th century to the present. For this edition she has provided a new chapter on art of the last decade. Handsomely and generously illustrated, this book reveals a rich legacy ... see all copies from $3.16! new only from $28.46! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Season of Blood: A Rwandan Journey more books like this by Fergal Keane add to wishlist Fergal Keane presents a view contrary to the common perception of the Rwandan conflict as a new eruption of old tribal tensions. He outlines how the genocide was planned far ahead of time by a power-hungry clique of Hutu leaders. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.53! \| first editions \| SVS
4	African Art: An Introduction more books like this by Frank Willett add to wishlist The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota and other African peoples is extremely vigorous and shows a brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact their works had upon the development of 20th-century Western art - on Picasso, Derain, Braque and Modigliani, among others - continues to this day. This survey reveals the astonishing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.49! \| first editions
5	Art on My Mind: Visual Politics more books like this by Bell Hooks add to wishlist A response to the dearth of critical writing by African Americans, this book represents hooks' response to the dialogues about producing, exhibiting and criticizing art that characterize an art world obsessed with identity politics. The author positions her critiques of art and visual politics within the question of how art can be an empowering ... see all copies from $2.22! new only from $15.40! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Spirits in Stone: The New Face of African Art more books like this by Robert Holmes (Photographer), Laura Ponter, Anthony Ponter add to wishlist see all copies from $2.60! new only from $49.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Basquiat more books like this by Jean Michel Basquiat, Museum of Fine Arts add to wishlist Jean-Michel Basquiat upturned every aesthetic convention and became a living legend, hailed as a rock star of the art world and sought by collectors worldwide. He expressed and defined his role in the vast and frenzied world of New York's multi-ethnic urban culture in a dazzling and idiosyncratic way. A young rebel, he was able to integrate Afro ... see all copies from $11.10! new only from $34.33! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Mutual Reflections: Jews and Blacks in American Art more books like this by Milly Heyd add to wishlist This text examines the mutual relationship between Jews and African Americans through visual art. It investigates how artists of both backgrounds have viewed each other in the past - how visual languages and thematic concerns have changed to reflect different issues of concern to each group. see all copies from $2.73! new only from $3.66! \| first editions
9	Rhapsodies in Black more books like this by Richard Powell, Professor Paul Gilroy, David A Bailey add to wishlist Harlem has captivated the imagination of writers, artists, intellectuals, and politicians around the world since the early decades of this century. "Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance" examines the cultural reawakening of Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s as a key moment in twentieth-century art history, one that transcended regional ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $39.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Shadows of Africa more books like this by Peter Matthiessen, Mary Frank add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Jacob Lawrence: The Migration Series more books like this by Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Phillips Collection, Jacob Lawrence add to wishlist This volume reproduces Lawrence's epic, sixty-panel series of paintings depicting the post-World War I migration of African Americans from the rural South to the industrial North. A major contribution to African-American history, the book features essays by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Lonnie G. Bunch III, Spencer R. Crew, Deborah Willis, Diane Tepfer, ... see all copies from $11.57! new only from $75.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Before Color Prejudice: The Ancient View of Blacks more books like this by Frank M Snowden add to wishlist In this richly illustrated account of black-white contacts from the Pharaohs to the Caesars, Frank Snowden demonstrates that the ancients did not discriminate against blacks because of their color. For three thousand years Mediterranean whites intermittently came in contact with African blacks in commerce and war, and left a record of these ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $60.69! \| first editions
13 view cover	African American Art more books like this by Crystal A Britton add to wishlist Presenting concise overviews of artists and movements that are uniquely American, these volumes distill the essence of their subjects with authoritative texts and lavish illustrations. A visual celebration of African American art from its beginnings in Colonial America up to the present day. From early folk art to contemporary prints, paintings, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The art of Benin more books like this by Paula Ben-Amos add to wishlist This is an illustrated introduction to the art and history of the ancient kingdom of Benin from the 14th century to the 20th century, one of the most sophisticated kingdoms in Africa. Benin has a tradition of refined and beautiful representations of animals, figures, commemorative heads of kings and queens, relief plaques and staffs of office. In ... see all copies from $4.62! new only from $9.98! \| first editions
15 view cover	Cutting a Figure: Fashioning Black Portraiture more books like this by Richard J Powell add to wishlist Examining portraits of black people over the past two centuries, "Cutting a Figure" argues that these images should be viewed as a distinct category of portraiture that differs significantly from depictions of people with other racial and ethnic backgrounds. The difference, Richard J. Powell contends, lies in the social capital that stems directly ... see all copies from $42.25! new only from $42.25! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art more books like this by William Arnett (Editor), Paul Arnett (Editor) add to wishlist SOULS GROWN DEEP gathers and presents the work of 40 contemporary Southern artists, with 800 color photographs of their sculptures and paintings. Critical essays accompanying each artist's entry are provided by a noted group of critics and collectors including congressman John Lewis, art historian Lucy Lippard, and Lee Kogan, a director at the ... see all copies from $23.90! new only from $55.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Nok Culture: Art in Nigeria 2500 Years Ago more books like this by Gert Chesi, Gerhard Merzeder add to wishlist This comprehensive overview of the art of Africa's ancient Nok civilization presents the oldest known figurative sculptures south of the Sahara. In 1928, in central Nigeria, tin miners uncovered clay shards which, when reconstructed, were found to be fragments of terracotta sculptures. The unique representations of human heads and other figures ... see all copies from $37.64! new only from $48.00!
18 view cover	Distinction and Denial: Race, Nation, and the Critical Construction of the African American Artist, 1920-40 more books like this by Mary Ann Calo add to wishlist "Distinction and Denial" challenges conventional theories of race and art in the period between 1920-40 by shedding light on the role early art critics had in marginalizing African American artists by characterizing them as sharing a primitive, ethnic essence. Mary Ann Calo dispels this myth through an engaging study of the germinal writing of ... see all copies from $17.19! new only from $38.58! \| SVS
19 view cover	Bob Thompson more books like this by Thelma Golden add to wishlist Bob Thompson was a figurative expressionist painter, active in literary, musical and artistic circles in New York and Europe from the late 1950s until his death in 1966. This book is devoted to Thompson's life and work in modern American art and African American culture. The author situates Thompson within the context of both contemporary artistic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| first editions
20 view cover	African Rock Art: Paintings and Engravings on Stone more books like this by David Coulson, Alec Campbell (Text by) add to wishlist The Paleolithic stone art of the Sahara, Tanzania, and southern Africa is the subject of this collaboration, which presents the images--many of them in threatened, dangerous locations--as an attempt to preserve them from depredation by war and time. Among the representations are 20-foot giraffes carved into mountainsides and the monumental ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $40.00! \| first editions
21 view cover	Souls Grown Deep, Volume 2: African American Vernacular Art more books like this by William Arnett, Paul Arnett, Lowery Sims add to wishlist SOULS GROWN DEEP gathers and presents the work of 40 contemporary Southern artists, with 800 color photographs of their sculptures and paintings. Critical essays accompanying each artist's entry are provided by a noted group of critics and collectors including congressman John Lewis, art historian Lucy Lippard, and Lee Kogan, a director at the ... see all copies from $37.85! new only from $37.85! \| SVS
22 view cover	Yinka Shonibare MBE more books like this by Rachel Kent add to wishlist Shonibare employs a wide range of media - sculpture, painting, photography, video and installation pieces - to explore matters of race, class, cultural identity, and history. The artist is best-known for his use of a colourful batik fabric, which, though labeled as 'African', actually originates in Indonesia and was introduced to Africa by British ... see all copies from $37.99! new only from $37.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Art of Ancient Egypt more books like this by Kazimierz Michalowski add to wishlist see all copies from $24.00! first editions
24 view cover	Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art more books like this by Hope B Werness add to wishlist This major reference work provides pertinent information on the art of Africa, Oceania and native North America. Many reference works treat symbolism and iconography in Western art and culture yet, until now, little attention has been paid to these rich artistic traditions in native art. Entries on each geographical area discuss the art of the ... see all copies from $35.58!
25 view cover	Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture more books like this by Nelson George add to wishlist In this new and expanded edition of Nelson George's classic cultural study, contemporary black culture is chronicled through essays on music, film, sports, publishing, politics and city life, both uptown and down. "Buppies" enters nearly every arena of the black urban USA: roisterous rappers and legendary hoopsters, streetwise hustlers and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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