The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art

by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Karen C C Dalton, Suzanne Preston Blier

The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art asks how the black figure was depicted by artists from the non-Western world. Beginning with ancient Egypt--positioned properly as part of African history--this volume focuses on the figure of the black as rendered by artists from Africa, East Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The aesthetic traditions illustrated here are as diverse as the political and social histories of these regions. From...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674504399
• ISBN13: 9780674504394
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 6.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 10.0" x 11.2"