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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809932603321

Autore

Macaluso Laura A.

Titolo

Art of the Amistad and The Portrait of Cinqué / / Laura A. Macaluso

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-5341-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 p.)

Collana

American Association for State and Local History

Disciplina

701/.03

Soggetti

Art and society - United States - History - 19th century

Material culture - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Prologue; Chapter 2. Behind the Canvas; Chapter 3. Presenting Cinqué/Collecting Cinqué: Images of Cinqué and the Amistad in Painting, Prints, and Performance; Chapter 4. Presenting Cinqué/Collecting Cinqué: Images of Cinqué and the Amistad in Murals, Monuments, and Material Culture; Chapter 5. Coda; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the revolutionary creation of what art historian Stephen Eisenman calls "a highly individualized, noble portrait of an African man," Art of the Amistad and The Portrait of Cinqué is built around visual and material culture, and thus does not use images merely as illustration, but tells its story through the wide range of images and materials presented. While the Portrait of Cinqué seems to sit quietly behind Plexiglass at a local history museum, the impact of this 175-year old painting is palpable; very few portraits from the 19th century-let alone a portrait of a black man-remain a re