african american art

Presents color reproductions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by twenty-seven self-taught African-American artists from the Southern U.S., and includes essays that explore the themes and meaning of the work.

Offers a comprehensive exploration of the history and development of African-American vernacular art in the United States during the twentieth century.

Photographs and text help profile six colleges and universities that have the largest collections of African-American art and artifacts.

African Americans have contributed greatly to entertainment in the United States. The African American influence can be seen, heard, and experienced in the music, theater, television, books, and movies of the United States.

More than one hundred full-color illustrations fill this history of African-American art from the colonial period to the 1990s, describing the artists' historical context, influences, and impact.

Explores the lives and creations of a select number of notable African-American men and women who have contributed to the American art scene.

Text and photographs explore the arts of the Harlem Renaissance, including painting, sculpture, photography, and theater.

Reflects on the experiences of Biggers and Simms when they arrived in Houston to start an art department in an African-American college.