Includes a poster of a work of art from the Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, informative text, classroom applications, and a bibliography. This poster depicts the dignity of rural labor with two powerful figures. The contours of scythe, hat brims, and forearms echo the curves of horizon and clouds, portraying these workers in harmony with the landscape.
Includes posters of the following works: STREET LIFE - HARLEM, COTTON PICKERS, EARLING MORNING WORK, MOON OVER HARLEM, LAMENTATION (DESCENT FROM THE CROSS), LI’L SIS, SOLDIER’S MORNING BATH, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
Spotlights the whimsical work by Japanese-American artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953), who fused American modernism with artistic elements from his Japanese heritage to create dream-like STILL lifes and narratives.
Describes art in a variety of ways: Art in Your Life, Art in Many Places, Many Types of Art, Ways of Expressing, Sizes of Artworks, More Ways of Making Artwork, etc.
Introduces the art of the Harlem Renaissance (the 1920s and 30s) including five essays on politics, art, film, literature, and music; brief biographies of people of the period and a chronology.
Bears the name of American author Langston Hughes’ (1902-1967) important book, SHAKESPEARE IN HARLEM. Images of African-American life in Harlem during the Great Depression are accompanied by Hughes’ poetry.
Traces career of artist John Biggers (b. 1924). This multi-talented art scholar and teacher served for 34 years as professor of art at Texas Southern University in Houston and was one of the first African-American artists to visit Africa.
Contains an 80-page text featuring chapters focused on Bearden’s biography; artistic and literary sources; relationship to music; and related teaching activities. Among the variety of components is a CD, Romare Bearden Revealed, containing nine performances recorded by the Branford Marsalis Quartet.
Illuminates the paintings of Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872) that reflected both the moral issues surrounding slavery and the romantic spirit of the North American transcendentalists.
