Summary: "Afro-Atlantic Histories" brings together a selection of more than 400 works and documents by more than 200 artists from the 16th to the 21st centuries that express and analyze the ebbs and flows between Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. The book is motivated by the desire and need to draw parallels, frictions, and dialogues around the visual cultures of Afro-Atlantic...

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Publisher / Publication Date: DelMonico Books, ARTBOOK/D.A.P. 2021

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Summary: Since the 19th century, the women of Gee's Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 350 color illustrations, 30 black-and-white illustrations, and charts, Gee's Bend to Rehoboth is being·released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tinwood Books 2003

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Contents: Introduction : the quilts of Gee's Bend / Alvia Wardlaw -- River Island / John Beardsley -- On the map / William Arnett and Paul Arnett -- Reflections on the art of Gee's Bend / Jane Livingston -- (Quilt portfolios) Work clothes -- My way -- Annie Mae Young -- Housetop -- Family -- Triangles -- Patterns -- Sears corduroy.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tinwood Books in Association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2002

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Neel, Alice

Summary: "Explores the themes and stylistic developments of the art of Alice Neel, one of the greatest American painters of the twentieth century, with works spanning nearly seven decades, four essays and additional texts addressing themes and specific works, three artists' appreciations, and a chronology and bibliography"--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Fine Arts 2010

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Contents: Principles and themes -- Introduction: landscape and symbol / Richard F. Townsend -- Pre-Columbian images of time / Anthony F. Aveni -- The persistence of Maya tradition in Zinacantan / Evon Z. Vogt -- Mankind and the earth in America and Europe / Vincent Scully -- The Southwest -- Mimbres art: form and imagery / J.J. Brody -- The architecture of the ancient Southwest / Stephen H. Lekson --...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Art Institute of Chicago 1992

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