AFRAMER 105 - Imaging Blacks and Blackness in Western Art from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

Images of black people, often considered distinct, foreign, and "other", that abounded in European art reveal the nature of encounters between Europeans and blacks, and expose the power dynamics inherent in European assumptions of superiority and economic control. American slavery spawned a different trajectory of images of blacks that served to maintain the political and cultural domination of whites. This course will examine the art and explore the ideas inherent in representations of blacks from the Renaissance through the early twentieth century in Europe and North America.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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