{"product_id":"black-artists-in-america-by-earnestine-lovelle-jenkins-9780300260908","title":"Black Artists in America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Artists in America\u003c\/em\u003e explores how artists at midcentury addressed the social issues of their day—from Jacob Lawrence to Elizabeth Catlett, Rose Piper to Charles White.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis timely book surveys the varied ways in which Black American artists responded to the political, social, and economic climate of the United States from the time of the Great Depression through the landmark \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka\u003c\/em\u003e decision. Featuring paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by artists including Jacob Lawrence, Horace Pippin, Augusta Savage, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, Norman Lewis, Walter Augustus Simon, Loïs Mailou Jones, and more, the book recognises the contributions Black artists made to Social Realism and abstraction as they debated the role of art in society and community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack artists played a vital part in midcentury art movements, and the inclusive policies of government programs like the Works Progress Administration brought more of these artists into mainstream circles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn three chapters, Earnestine Jenkins discusses the work of Black artists during this period; the perspective of Black women artists with a focus on the sculpture of Augusta Savage; and the pedagogy of Black American art through the art and teaching of Walter Augustus Simon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470107361516,"sku":"9780300260908","price":71.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300260908-black-artists-in-america.jpg?v=1775212485","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/black-artists-in-america-by-earnestine-lovelle-jenkins-9780300260908","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}