Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists

by Lisa E. Farrington

Book Overview

Hailed as "a captivating and thorough study of a long-ignored aspect of America's art history" (CHOICE ), Creating Their Own Image offers the first comprehensive history of African-American women artists, spanning from slavery to the Harlem Renaissance and the tumultuous civil rights era, right up to the present day. Lavishly illustrated throughout with color illustrations, this magnificent volume richly details hundreds of important works--including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199767602
• ISBN13: 9780199767601
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 10.8"