Alain Locke And The Visual Arts Kobena Mercer Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Art General

A Fresh Perspective On The Influential Critic Offering New Ways Of Understanding Art Harlem Renaissance “Mercer’s Sumptuously Illustrated Study Succeeds In Positioning Locke As An Important Philosophical Voice ‘Not Yet Finalized Story Afro-Modern And Culture ’”—Douglas Field Times Literary Supplement Alain (1885–1954) Leading Theorist Maintained Lifelong Commitment To Visual Arts In-Depth Locke’s Writings World Interventions Kobena Mercer Focuses Importance Cross-Cultural Entanglement This Distinctive Approach Reveals Vision Modern Dynamic Space Where Images Ideas Generate Forms Under Fluid Conditions Diaspora Philosopher Advocate For Afromodern Aesthetic That Drew From Both Formal Experiments Europe Iconic Legacy African Past Shows How Aaron Douglas Loïs Mailou Jones Other Negro Artists Acknowledged Diaspora’s Rupture With Ancestral Prelude Rebirth Identity His 1940 Picture Book Also Explored Different Black White Approached Image Mercer’s Reading Highlights Global Mobility They Travel Across National Ethnic Frontiers Finally Examines Investment Was Shaped By Gay Male Aestheticism Nudes Including Works Richmond Barthé Carl Van Vechten Thus Reveal Significance Queer Practices Modernism’s Genesis Published Association Hutchins Center American Research Harvard University Σελίδες: 240 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1026 Διαστάσεις: 17 8X17 8Cm