| Painting the Gospel: Black Public Art and Religion in Chicago Contributor(s): Pinder, Kymberly N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252081439 ISBN-13: 9780252081439 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Art | Subjects & Themes - Religious - Art | American - African American |
| Dewey: 704.039 |
| LCCN: 2015956691 |
| Series: New Black Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Innovative and lavishly illustrated, Painting the Gospel offers an indispensable contribution to conversations about African American art, theology, politics, and identity in Chicago. Kymberly N. Pinder escorts readers on an eye-opening odyssey to the murals, stained glass, and sculptures dotting the city's African American churches and neighborhoods. Moving from Chicago's oldest black Christ figure to contemporary religious street art, Pinder explores ideas like blackness in public, art for black communities, and the relationship of Afrocentric art to Black Liberation Theology. She also focuses attention on art excluded from scholarship due to racial or religious particularity. Throughout, she reflects on the myriad ways private black identities assert public and political goals through imagery. Painting the Gospel includes maps and tour itineraries that allow readers to make conceptual, historical, and geographical connections among the works. |