Northern Renaissance Art
Cultural production of artists and image makers of the Renaissance in Northern Europe ca. 1400-1568.
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Black Studies CenterBlack Studies Center is a fully cross-searchable gateway to historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. It includes scholarly essays, periodical articles, historical newspaper articles, images, video clips, a detailed timeline, and more from the following resources: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP) Full Text (1902-1990, 1998- ), The Chicago Defender historical backfile (1909-1975), and Black Literature Index (1827-1940).
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International Index to Black Periodicals Full TextProvides indexing for 127 currently published scholarly and popular periodicals in Black studies, with links to full text from 40 of them. Also provides retrospective indexing for 45 older periodicals.
Journals
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African ArtsPublished by the African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles
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American QuarterlyPublished by the Johns Hopkins University Press
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The International Review of African American ArtPublished by the Museum of African American Art
Books
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A history of African-American Artists : from 1792 to the Present by Romare Bearden & Harry Henderson.Fine Arts Reference Section N 6538 .N5 B381 1993
Covers artists born before or in 1925. Offers extensive multi-page coverage of artists' work and careers, includes many images. -
African Americans in the Visual Arts by Steven Otfinoski.Fine Arts Reference Section N 6538 .N5 O861 2003
Provides short biography on each artist. Also offers titles for further reading and places for further viewing of artists' work. Intended for the general reader. -
St. James guide to Black artists edited by Thomas Riggs.Fine Arts Reference Section N 40 .S781 1997
Contains biographical and career information as well as critical essays on prominent black artists. Focuses on painters, sculptors, and printmakers. -
The Black Artist in America : an Index to Reproductions compiled by Dennis ThomisonFine Arts Reference Section N 6538 .N5 T461 1991
Index of artists that does not directly provide biographical or career information but rather directs you to other books where such information can be found.
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