Top 10 Best "African American Art" Books

Collecting African American Art

Halima Taha

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The Other Side of Color

David C. Driskell
Camille O. Cosby
Bill Cosby
Rene Hanks

African American Art

The Other Side of Color

David C. Driskell's easy-to-read and thorough critique of the African American art experience-the other side of color-breaks new ground in presenting almost one hundred selections from a unique art collection that provides the context for this book.

First is an overview of the history of African American art--which in this country predates the Civil War--and a detailed explanation of the raison d'etre behind the Cosby collection. Part 2 discusses five prominent postcolonial African American artists who lead the way for future black artists and the struggles they overcame to promote cultural emancipation and acceptance in the American mainstream.

Subsequent parts reveal how African American artists continued the quest for recognition, culminating in the turning point of black culture in the twentieth century in the United States: The Harlem Renaissance. Throughout the discussions within each of the book's six parts, beautiful full-color artworks from the Cosby collection highlight and validate Driskell's writing. Rene Hanks's biographies add even more informati...

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African American Visual Arts

Celeste-Marie Bernier

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A History of African-American Artists

Romare Bearden
Harry Henderson

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African-American Art (Oxford History of Art)

Sharon F. Patton

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African American Art and Artists

Samella Lewis
Mary Jane Hewitt
Floyd Coleman

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Black Art

Richard J. Powell

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Wake Up Our Souls

Tonya Bolden

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A Force for Change

Daniel Schulman

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Come Look with Me

Jr. Rolling James Haywood

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African-American Art (Oxford History of Art)

Sharon F. Patton

African American Art

Creating Their Own Image

Lisa E. Farrington

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