Product Description: "My aim is to express in a natural way what I feel, what is in me, both rhythmically and spiritually, all that which in time has been saved up in my family of primitiveness and tradition, and which is now concentrated in me." -William H...read more

Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: Conjuring Bearden, a richly illustrated exhibition catalog, explores the theme of the “conjur woman” in the work of artist Romare Bearden (1911–1988). Throughout his career, Bearden represented the female figure of the conjurer, or her Caribbean equivalent, the Obeah woman, in his art...read more

Product Description: A lush appreciation of the African American printmaker, sculptor, and painter acclaimed as one of New Orleans's finest living artists

Product Description: Since the early 1990s, whether elected representatives at the state and national levels should be limited to a specific term of office has been a contentious public policy question. Changing Members examines the case of Maine, which in 1996 became the first state in the entire nation where legislative term limits took effect in both chambers...read more

Examines key musical, painted, and photographic works of art by top twentieth-century black artists, noting their reflection of black culture as both subject and context, and covering in a revised edition new artists and video art. Original. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Many of this nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have amassed significant collections of American art and founded galleries and museums on their campuses. These collections provide a rich resource for the study of African American art, yet many also possess a diverse array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art...read more

Explores the paintings, photographs, and performances significant to the Harlem Renaissance

Explores the paintings, photographs, and performances significant to the Harlem Renaissance (view table of contents)

A study of twentieth-century African-American art considers the social upheavals that inspired important works and how each piece reflects black culture, addressing the philosophical and social forces that have shaped a black diasporal presence in this century.

Profiles the life and work of the noted African American painter

Briefly describes Lawrence's life and career, shows thirteen of his major paintings, and includes comments on their composition