{"product_id":"painting-harlem-modern-patricia-hills-9780520305502","title":"Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob Lawrence","description":"Jacob Lawrence was one of the best-known African American artists of the twentieth century. In \u003ci\u003ePainting Harlem Modern, \u003c\/i\u003e Patricia Hills renders a vivid assessment of Lawrence's long and productive career. She argues that his complex, cubist-based paintings developed out of a vital connection with a modern Harlem that was filled with artists, writers, musicians, and social activists. She also uniquely positions Lawrence alongside such important African American writers as Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison. Drawing from a wide range of archival materials and interviews with artists, Hills interprets Lawrence's art as distilled from a life of struggle and perseverance. She brings insightful analysis to his work, beginning with the 1930s street scenes that provided Harlem with its pictorial image, and follows each decade of Lawrence's work, with accounts that include his impressions of Southern Jim Crow segregation and a groundbreaking discussion of Lawrence's symbolic use of masks and masking during the 1950s Cold War era. \u003ci\u003ePainting Harlem Modern\u003c\/i\u003e is an absorbing book that highlights Lawrence's heroic efforts to meet his many challenges while remaining true to his humanist values and artistic vision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Hills\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520305507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520305502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 101","brand":"Patricia Hills","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990207791359,"sku":"9780520305502","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5343a40-b88b-4232-bdc7-fbc814d2e3f9.jpg?v=1683303615","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/painting-harlem-modern-patricia-hills-9780520305502","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}