Screen LibraryOver the line : the art and life of Jacob Lawrence /
Essays by eight distinguished art historians examine the ways in which Jacob Lawrence's art speaks so powerfully to different audiences. An extensive chronology is illustrated with family photos. 261 illustrations.
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| Published: |
University of Washington Press in association with Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonné Project,
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| Publisher Address: | Seattle, WA : |
| Publication Dates: | [2000] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
The complete Jacob Lawrence.
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| Summary: |
Essays by eight distinguished art historians examine the ways in which Jacob Lawrence's art speaks so powerfully to different audiences. An extensive chronology is illustrated with family photos. 261 illustrations. |
| Carrier Form: | 285 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-278) and index. |
| ISBN: |
029597964X 9780295979649 0295979658 9780295979656 |
| Index Number: | ND237 |
| CLC: |
J205.712 J231(712) |
| Call Number: | J231(712)/O962 |
| Contents: |
Introduction / Inside-outside, uptown-downtown: Jacob Lawrence and the aesthetic ethos of the Harlem working-class community / Education of Jacob Lawrence / Critical context of Jacob Lawrence's early works, 1938-1952 / Harmonizer of chaos: Jacob Lawrence at midcentury / Jacob Lawrence's paintings during the protest years of the 1960s / Structure of narrative: form and content in Jacob Lawrence's builders paintings, 1946-1998 / Jacob Lawrence: modernism, race, and community / Materials and techniques of Jacob Lawrence / Identification of binding media and pigments in the paintings of Jacob Lawrence / |