Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery
Author | : Caitlin Meehye Beach |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2022-11-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520343269 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520343263 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
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".