Research Guides: ARTS 217: History of African-American Art From 1619 to the Present (HC): Histories and Background Sources

Surveys / Histories

African-American Art by Sharon F. Patton
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ISBN: 0192842544
Publication Date: 1998-06-25
A standard survey. Useful features are the timeline (page 300) and the Bibliographic Essay (page 283). Only drawback is that it was published in 1998.
African-American Art by Lisa E. Farrington
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ISBN: 9780199995394
Publication Date: 2016-02-11
Offers a current and comprehensive history that contextualizes black artists within the framework of American art as a whole with an emphasis both on racial identity and visual analysis.
African American Art and Artists by Samella S. Lewis
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ISBN: 0520239296
Publication Date: 2003-03-18
African American Visual Arts by Celeste-Marie Bernier
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ISBN: 9780807832561
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Bernier analyzes the work of twenty-one artists, including Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, William Edmondson, Howardena Pindell, Charles Alston, Romare Bearden, Norman Lewis, Betye Saar, Horace Pippin, and Kara Walker.
Black Art by Richard J. Powell
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ISBN: 0500203628
Publication Date: 2003-02-17
Note the bibliography starting on page 252.

Print in Haverford's Special Collections

Jacob Lawrence, Builders Three, print, 1991

Selected Specialized Histories

Reflections in Black by Deborah Willis; Robin D. G. Kelley (Introduction by)
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ISBN: 0393048802
Publication Date: 2000-06-17
The first comprehensive history of black photographers. Published in 2000.
Creating Their Own Image by Lisa E. Farrington
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ISBN: 019516721X
Publication Date: 2004-12-30
The first comprehensive history of African-American women artists.
Radical Presence by Bill Arning (Foreword by); Valerie Cassel Oliver (Editor); Naomi Beckwith (Text by); Yona Backer (Text by)
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ISBN: 1933619384
Publication Date: 2013-09-30
Radical Presence chronicles the emergence of black performance practices in contemporary art.

Subject Guide

	Julie Coy Haverford College Profile & Guides
	Margaret Schaus Haverford College Profile & Guides

Reference Sources

Oxford African American Studies Center
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Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field, over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries, nearly 150 maps, 150 charts and tables, and over 6,000 biographies.

Oxford Art Online
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Provides scholarly articles on all aspects of art. The entries are enhanced by numerous illustrations and links to artworks. See these articles in particular:
African American Art (includes sections on photography, murals and other forms of art)
African American Expatriate Artists