{"product_id":"black-artists-in-america-earnestine-lovelle-jenkins-9780300260908","title":"Black Artists in America: From the Great Depression to Civil Rights","description":"\u003cb\u003eExploring how artists at midcentury addressed the social issues of their day--from Jacob Lawrence to Elizabeth Catlett, Rose Piper to Charles White\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This 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 \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka\u003c\/i\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, Lo? Mailou Jones, and more, the book recognizes the contributions Black artists made to Social Realism and abstraction as they debated the role of art in society and community. Black 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in association with the Dixon Gallery and Gardens \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (October 17, 2021-January 2, 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300260903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300260908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.40h x 9.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023","brand":"Earnestine Lovelle Jenkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050350145791,"sku":"9780300260908","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16fad672-b9af-4f04-8ed8-c30530c60fb1.jpg?v=1685006717","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-artists-in-america-earnestine-lovelle-jenkins-9780300260908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}