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Black Art: A Cultural History, Second Edition by Richard J. Powell

• Black Art: A Cultural History, Second Edition
• Richard J. Powell
• Page: 272
• Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
• ISBN: 9780500203620
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson

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"Excellent artists' profiles, lots of reproductions, and illuminating and original discussions of social and cultural contexts of African American art."—Booklist. The African diaspora—a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism—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. Richard Powell's study concentrates on the works of art themselves and on how these ...