The color of stone : sculpting the black female subject in nineteenth-century America /

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In The Color of Stone, Charmaine A. Nelson brilliantly analyzes a key, but often neglected, aspect of neoclassical sculpturecolor. Considering three major worksHiram Powerss Greek Slave, William Wetmore Storys Cleopatra, and Edmonia Lewiss Death of Cleopatrashe explores the intersection of race, sex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nelson, Charmaine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Women, Black, in art.
Figure sculpture, American > 19th century.
Marble sculpture, American > 19th century.
Sculpture, Neoclassical > United States.
Race in art.
Femmes noires dans l'art.
Sculpture de figures humaines américaine > 19e siècle.
Sculpture en marbre américaine > 19e siècle.
Sculpture néoclassique > États-Unis.
Race dans l'art.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
ART > History > General.
Figure sculpture, American
Marble sculpture, American
Race in art
Sculpture, Neoclassical
Women, Black, in art
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In The Color of Stone, Charmaine A. Nelson brilliantly analyzes a key, but often neglected, aspect of neoclassical sculpturecolor. Considering three major worksHiram Powerss Greek Slave, William Wetmore Storys Cleopatra, and Edmonia Lewiss Death of Cleopatrashe explores the intersection of race, sex, and class to reveal the meanings each work holds in terms of colonial histories of visual representation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxv, 234 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816654147
081665414X

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