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Flight into Egypt
Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now
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The first publication to examine the symbolic importance of ancient Egypt to Black artists and other cultural figures, from the nineteenth century through the Harlem Renaissance to the present. From the late nineteenth century onward, Black Americans looked to ancient Egypt as evidence of a preeminent...
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Flight into Egypt
The first publication to examine the symbolic importance of ancient Egypt to Black artists and other cultural figures, from the nineteenth century through the Harlem Renaissance to the present
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The first publication to examine the symbolic importance of ancient Egypt to Black artists and other cultural figures, from the nineteenth century through the Harlem Renaissance to the present.
From the late nineteenth century onward, Black Americans looked to ancient Egypt as evidence of a preeminent ancient culture from the African continent. Flight into Egypt traces ancient Egypt's influence on artists, from Edmonia Lewis's sculpture The Death of Cleopatra (1876) to the efflorescence of Afrocentric visual art during the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and artistic tendencies of the ensuing decades.
This volume explores how Black artists, writers, and musicians—and modern and contemporary Egyptian artists—have employed ancient Egyptian imagery to craft a unifying identity. Authors bring to light the overlooked contributions of Black scholars to the study of ancient Egypt, while statements by contemporary Black and Egyptian artists illuminate ancient Egypt's continued hold on the creative imagination.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press.
Exhibition Schedule:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(November 17, 2024–February 17, 2025)
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781588397850
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 22 October 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Illustration: 254 color illus.
Contributors:
- Contributions by Julie Mehretu
- Contributions by Lauren Halsey
- Contributions by Andrea Myers Achi
- Contributions by Makeda Djata Best
- Contributions by Jennifer Newsom Carruthers
- Contributions by Awol Erizku
- Contributions by Iman Issa
- Contributions by Mia Matthias
- Contributions by Barbara Chase-Riboud
- Contributions by Solange Knowles
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 241.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 268
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About the Author
Akili Tommasino is curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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