The Image of the Black in Western Art, Vol. 4: From the American Revolution to World War I, Part 1: Slaves and Liberators

By Hugh Honour

Book Overview

Earlier volumes of Honour's monumental study are cited in BCL3. Volume four, in two books, studies the images of blacks by white American and European visual artists from the American revolution to World War I. Part one focuses on slavery and its aftermath; part two covers other themes during the same period. Excellent reproductions, most in color, on nearly every page. The text draws on contemporary literature about subjects depicted in the paintings. No subject index. 111/4x101/4". Even the most impoverished must have Images to fulfill pretensions to an adequate black studies collection. The price is very modest for such size and quality of scholarship and bookmaking elegance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 093959417X
• ISBN13: 9780939594177
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 5.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 10.3" x 11.8"