The black figure in the European imaginary
By: Adrienne L. Childs, Susan H. Libby ; with an introduction by David Bindman
Contributors: Libby, Susan Houghton, author; George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781907804496
Subjects: European Art; Art and society; Exhibitions; Blacks in art; Themes, motives; History
Description: "With forty major loans, including paintings, engravings, lithographs, watercolors, sculpture, and decorative arts, this new volume studies the way in which the visual arts in Europe perceived, or imagined, the black figure during the "long" nineteenth century (ca.1750-1914)"--
Notes: "This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition The Black Figure in the European Imaginary, organized by the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and held there from January 14 to May 14, 2017."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lenders to the exhibition; title: Director's foreword / Ena Heller; title: Curators' acknowledgments / Adrienne L. Childs, Susan H. Libby; title: The black figure in the European imaginary : an introduction / by David Bindman; title: European art and the possibilities of blackness / Adrienne L. Childs and Susan H. Libby; title: Plates; title: Exhibition checklist.