Sharon F. (Director, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, and Associate Professor in History of Art, Director, C
From its origins in early eighteenth century slave communities to the end of the twentieth century, African-American art has made a vital co ntribution to the art of the United States. African-American Art provi des a major reassessment of the subject, setting the art in the contex t of the African-American experience. Here, Patton discusses folk and decorative arts such as ceramics, furniture, and quilts alongside fine art, sculptures, paintings, and photography during the 1800s. She als o examines the New Negro Movement of the 1920s, the era of Civil Right s and Black Nationalism during the...
From its origins in early eighteenth century slave communities to the end of the twentieth century, African-American art has made a vital co ntributio...
