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FEATURE: Paul Cézanne paints an African man named Scipio

April 12, 2013 editor no comments

FEATURE ONE: Writer Jan Asante looks at Cézanne’s portrait of an African model Artist: Paul Cézanne Title: O Negro Cipião (Scipio, the Negro) Date: c.1866-1868 Collection: Museu de Arte de São ...

Annibale Carracci (attrib), Portrait of an Enslaved African Woman, ca. 1580s. Oil on canvas, 60 x 39 x 2 cm. Fragment of a larger painting, Tomasso Brothers, Leeds, England.

Exhibition: African Presence in Renaissance Europe @ Princeton Univers...

June 26, 2012 editor no comments

Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore / Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey USA 14 October 2012 – 21 January 2013 / 16 February 2013 –...

BOOK: ‘Fields of Vision: The Photographs of Gordon Parks’

February 21, 2012 editor no comments

Fields of Vision: The Photographs of Gordon Parks The Library of Congress; Introduction by Charles Johnson. Series statement by W. Ralph Eubanks. Series editor Amy Pastan 64 pages, 180 x 180 mm (7 1/...

African londoner Henry Murphy inspires Oliver Twist?

February 21, 2012 editor no comments

Digging in the archives can reveal surprising stories from the past, which sometimes alter our perspectives on histories we think we know well. This video explores the fascinating evidence uncovered ...

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BOOK: Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn

January 22, 2012 editor no comments

REVOLUTION!  The Atlantic World Reborn 288 pages, 292 x 229mm (9 x 11½ in.), portrait  123 colour and 20 b&w illustrations, hardback  ISBN: 978 1 904832 94 2  Publication date: November, 2011 Pub...

Dialogue

Alexander Crummell: an early black student at Cambridge University

January 18, 2012 editor no comments

Explore Dr. Sarah Meer’s fascinating research on the life of Alexander Crummell, an African American New Yorker who was one of the first students to attend the University of Cambridge.

Art History

The Image of the Black in Western Art Volumes republished by Harvard

May 5, 2011 editor no comments

The Image of the Black in Western Art (IBWA) Research Project and Photo Archive[1] is a pioneering research initiative that has sought to document the African presence in Western European art. It be...

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Feature

FEATURE: Paul Cézanne paints an African man named Scipio

Reviews

Exhibition: African Presence in Renaissance Europe @ Princeton Univers...

African londoner Henry Murphy inspires Oliver Twist?

Reviews

BOOK: Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn

Dialogue

Alexander Crummell: an early black student at Cambridge University

Art History

The Image of the Black in Western Art Volumes republished by Harvard