Tuesday, February 22, 2005
African American Art
Today finds me going off on a tangent. One of the About.com guides admonishes students on how to properly ask for help with their homework. Good for her (the guide). As a teacher I say these kids need to be put in their place.
Back on track, the reading on African American Art is an excerpt from a soon to be published volume on the subject. It makes a very academic read chronicling the history of black American art from the early years of the republic to the present. Names of numerous artists are dropped and it is generally an interesting and scholarly article, worth a revisit. Fortunately some works of art are portrayed as well, the following being my favorite.
Back on track, the reading on African American Art is an excerpt from a soon to be published volume on the subject. It makes a very academic read chronicling the history of black American art from the early years of the republic to the present. Names of numerous artists are dropped and it is generally an interesting and scholarly article, worth a revisit. Fortunately some works of art are portrayed as well, the following being my favorite.
