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Portraits of Resistance: Activating Art During Slavery

Jennifer Van Horn

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Description:A highly original history of American portraiture that places the experiences of enslaved people at its center “An argument for a new kind of American art history . . . a textbook for the future of the field.”—Mia L. Bagneris, This timely and eloquent book tells a new history of American how enslaved people mobilized portraiture for acts of defiance. Revisiting the origins of portrait painting in the United States, Jennifer Van Horn reveals how mythologies of whiteness and of nation building erased the aesthetic production of enslaved Americans of African descent and obscured the portrait’s importance as a site of resistance. Moving from the wharves of colonial Rhode Island to antebellum Louisiana plantations to South Carolina townhouses during the Civil War, the book illuminates how enslaved people’s relationships with portraits also shaped the trajectory of African American art post-emancipation. Van Horn asserts that Black creativity, subjecthood, viewership, and iconoclasm constituted instances of everyday rebellion against systemic oppression. Portraits of Resistance is not only a significant intervention in the fields of American art and history but also an important contribution to the reexamination of racial constructs on which American culture was built.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Portraits of Resistance: Activating Art During Slavery. To get started finding Portraits of Resistance: Activating Art During Slavery, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A highly original history of American portraiture that places the experiences of enslaved people at its center “An argument for a new kind of American art history . . . a textbook for the future of the field.”—Mia L. Bagneris, This timely and eloquent book tells a new history of American how enslaved people mobilized portraiture for acts of defiance. Revisiting the origins of portrait painting in the United States, Jennifer Van Horn reveals how mythologies of whiteness and of nation building erased the aesthetic production of enslaved Americans of African descent and obscured the portrait’s importance as a site of resistance. Moving from the wharves of colonial Rhode Island to antebellum Louisiana plantations to South Carolina townhouses during the Civil War, the book illuminates how enslaved people’s relationships with portraits also shaped the trajectory of African American art post-emancipation. Van Horn asserts that Black creativity, subjecthood, viewership, and iconoclasm constituted instances of everyday rebellion against systemic oppression. Portraits of Resistance is not only a significant intervention in the fields of American art and history but also an important contribution to the reexamination of racial constructs on which American culture was built.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Portraits of Resistance: Activating Art During Slavery. To get started finding Portraits of Resistance: Activating Art During Slavery, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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