The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II: From the Early Christian Era to the Age of Discovery, Part 2: Africans in the Christian Ordinance of Contributor(s): Bindman, David (Editor), Gates, Henry Louis (Editor), Dalton, Karen C. C. |
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ISBN: 0674052587 ISBN-13: 9780674052581 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $104.94 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Art | Art & Politics - Art | History - General |
Dewey: 704.949 |
Series: Image of the Black in Western Art |
Physical Information: 1.15" H x 10.02" W x 11.46" (4.70 lbs) 400 pages |
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Publisher Description: In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her collection appeared in three large-format volumes that quickly became collector's items. A half-century later, Harvard University Press and the Du Bois Institute are proud to publish a complete set of ten sumptuous books, including new editions of the original volumes and two additional ones. Africans in the Christian Ordinance of the World, written by a small team of French scholars, has established itself as a classic in the field of medieval art. The most striking development in this period was the gradual emergence of the black Magus, invariably a figure of great dignity, in the many representations of the Adoration of the Magi by the greatest masters of the time. The new introduction by Paul Kaplan provides a fresh perspective on the image of the black in medieval European art and contextualizes the classic essays on the subject. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bindman, David: - David Bindman is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at University College London.Gates, Henry Louis: - Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. |