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African-American art /

Patton, Sharon F.

African-American art / Sharon F. Patton. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations (some color). - Oxford history of art . - Oxford history of art. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-299) and index.

Ch. 1. Colonial America and the Young Republic 1700-1820. Plantations. The revival of African culture on the plantations. A planter's house in Louisiana. Plantation slave artists and craftsmen. Urban slave artists and craftsmen -- Ch. 2. Nineteenth-Century America, the Civil War and Reconstruction. Architecture, the decorative arts, and folk art. Fine arts: Painting, sculpture, and graphic arts -- Ch. 3. Twentieth-Century America and Modern Art 1900-60. African-American culture, the New Negro and art in the 1920s. The patronage of the New Negro artist. State funding and the rise of African-American art. American culture post World War II. Abstract Expressionism and African-American art -- Ch. 4. Twentieth-Century America: The Evolution of a Black Aesthetic. Cultural crisis: Black artist or American artist? The evolution of a modern black aesthetic. Art institutions and artists' groups. Towards a new abstraction. The postmodern condition 1980-93.

Discusses African American folk art, decorative art, photography, and fine arts.


English.

9780191586101 0191586102 0585219052 9780585219059



GB9840428 bnb

011943082 Uk


African American art.
ART--History--General.
African American art.
Kunst
Schwarze
Kunst.
Zwarten.
Visual Arts - General.
Visual Arts.
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
Art n�egro-am�ericain.
Art--Aspect social--�Etats-Unis.
Art noir am�ericain.


USA
Verenigde Staten.
USA.
Schwarze.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Geschiedenis (vorm)

N6538.N5 / P38 1998eb

704.03/96/073

7(73)

704.0396 P322a