The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art

The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art is the first comprehensive survey of the visual representation of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, spanning four centuries from the fifteenth century to the revolutionary emergence of independence. Essays by leading scholars and superb illustrations provide insights into the complex racial history of the period.

Format: Hardback
Length: 388 pages
Publication date: 02 April 2024
Publisher: Harvard University Press

The first comprehensive survey of the visual representation of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, some twelve million of whom were forcibly imported into the Americas during the transatlantic slave trade, is presented in The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art. Spanning four centuries, this first volume explores the early Spanish occupation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the fifteenth century, the establishment of slave colonies by the British, French, and Danish, and the revolutionary emergence of independence in Haiti in 1804 and across Latin America. Essays by leading scholars and superb illustrations shed light on a remarkable range of imagery that provides vivid insights into the complex racial history of the period.

The two volumes complement the vision of Dominique and Jean de Menil, art patrons who founded an archive in the 1960s to collect images depicting the myriad ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art from the ancient world to modern times. The Image of the Black in Latin American and Caribbean Art continues the de Menil family's original mission and brings to the fore a renewed focus on a rich and understudied area.

Weight: 2158g
Dimension: 257 x 298 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780674248861