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The Image of the Black in Western Art. Vol. 4: From the American Revolution to World War I. Pt. 1: Slaves and Liberators; Pt. 2: Black Models and White Myths
By David Bindman & Henry Louis Gates
- ISBN
- 9780674052598 9780674052604
- Publisher
- Belknap: Harvard Univ.
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Starred Review on October 12, 2012 | E-Originals
These two volumes of Bindman and Gates's monumental series analyzing the depiction of people of African descent in Western art focus on the era of slavery and emancipation in the United States (and elsewhere), the intensification of Western contact and colonization in Africa, the rise of the scientific and pseudoscientific study of human races, and the emergence of movements that pushed for black empowerment. Some of the wo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
