Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery

Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9780520343269
ISBN-13 : 0520343263
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Book Synopsis Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery by : Caitlin Meehye Beach

Download or read book Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery written by Caitlin Meehye Beach and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : "Within a few steps of the spot" : art in an age of racial capitalism -- Grasping images : antislavery and the sculptural -- "The mute language of the marble" : slavery and Hiram Powers' Greek slave -- Sentiment, manufactured : John Bell and the abolitionist image under empire -- Relief work : Edmonia Lewis and the poetics of plaster -- Between liberty and emancipation : Francesco Pezzicar's The Abolition of slavery -- Coda : "Sculptured dream of liberty".


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