{"product_id":"bill-traylor-valerie-rousseau-9788874398218","title":"Bill Traylor","description":"Born into slavery around 1853-4 on a cotton plantation in Benton, Alabama, Traylor has become one of the most important self-taught artists of the twentieth century, and certainly one of the most celebrated African-American artists, along with Thorton Dial and William Edmondson. The story of Bill Traylor's life and work is a remarkable one. It is a story that deserves attention both nationally and internationally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This publication, generously illustrated with full-page high-quality reproductions, provides a close examination of Traylor's recurrent themes, composition schemes, favoured iconography, and contextual information related to the artist's biography, creative process and tools, visual environment, and artistic mindset. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach artwork is considered in a context beyond that of an isolated image and in response to one another, forming a series of intricate and consistent narratives, intriguingly cinematic in its development. The elements of Traylor's biography are the anchors of an individual mythology. Instead of merely being a basic depiction, the subject becomes a visual statement structuring Traylor's mind, bringing together hidden symbols from Kongo Vodou, Hoodoo, Southern Baptist, Freemasonry, and Blues sources, as well as layers of references: slavery, uncensored violence in the Jim Crow era, and turbulence within the black enclave known as 'Dark Town' in Montgomery, Alabama. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Text in English and French.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valerie Rousseau,Debra Purden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8874398212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788874398218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Five Continents Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 9.70w x 0.90d","brand":"Valerie Rousseau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48217652035839,"sku":"9788874398218","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ae82819-b2b3-44e2-ae42-8d33588b8538.jpg?v=1771998562","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bill-traylor-valerie-rousseau-9788874398218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}