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The color of stone : sculpting the black female subject in nineteenth-century America

In The Color of Stone, Charmaine A. Nelson brilliantly analyzes a key, but often neglected, aspect of neoclassical sculpturecolor. Considering three major worksHiram Powerss Greek Slave, William Wetmore Storys Cleopatra, and Edmonia Lewiss Death of Cleopatrashe explores the intersection of race, sex...

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Main Author: Nelson, Charmaine (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2007
Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttv20h
Related Items:Print version: Color of stone
Author Notes:Charmaine A. Nelson
E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography
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Summary:In The Color of Stone, Charmaine A. Nelson brilliantly analyzes a key, but often neglected, aspect of neoclassical sculpturecolor. Considering three major worksHiram Powerss Greek Slave, William Wetmore Storys Cleopatra, and Edmonia Lewiss Death of Cleopatrashe explores the intersection of race, sex, and class to reveal the meanings each work holds in terms of colonial histories of visual representation
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 234 pages)
ISBN:9780816646500
081665414X
0816646511
0816646503
9780816646517
9780816654147