The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art

by David Bindman (Editor), Suzanne Preston Blier (Editor), Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Editor)

The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art asks how the black figure was depicted by artists from the non-Western world--Africa, East Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The aesthetic traditions represented are as diverse as the political and social histories of these regions. Read More

The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art asks how the black figure was depicted by artists from the non-Western world--Africa, East Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The aesthetic traditions represented are as diverse as the political and social histories of these regions. Read Less