The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art is the first comprehensive survey of the visual representation of people of African descent in the region. This first volume spans four centuries, from European occupation in the fifteenth century through the establishment of slave colonies to the revolutionary emergence of independence.

The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art is the first comprehensive survey of the visual representation of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, some twelve million of whom were forcibly imported into the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade. This second volume explores the period from the final abolition of slavery in Brazil and Cuba in the nineteenth century through the independence of the Caribbean islands to the present day. The images and essays here reveal the damaging legacy of colonialism and slavery and the vigorous efforts of...