{"product_id":"rhapsodies-in-black-art-of-the-harlem-renaissance-9780520212633","title":"Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarlem has captivated the imagination of writers  artists  intellectuals  and politicians around the world since the early decades of this century. Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance examines the cultural reawakening of Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s as a key moment in twentieth-century art history  one that transcended regional and racial boundaries. Published to coincide with the exhibition that opens in England and travels to the United States  this catalog reflects the Harlem Renaissances impressive range of art formsliterature  music  dance  theater  painting  sculpture  photography  film  and graphic design. The participants included not only artists based in New York  but also those from other parts of the United States  the Caribbean  and Europe.  Richard J. Powell and David A. Bailey present selected works that focus on six themes: Representing \"The New Negro;\" Another Modernism; Blues  Jazz  and the Performative Paradigm; The Cult of the Primitive; Africa: Inheritance and Seizure; and Jacob Lawrences Toussaint LOuverture series. The visual arts from 1919 to 1938 included in the book suggest the extraordinary vibrancy of the time when Harlem was a metaphor for modernity. In spite of the importance of the Harlem Renaissance to early twentieth-century American culture and to the artistic climate of \"Jazz Age\" Paris and Weimar Berlin  few art exhibitions have been devoted exclusively to the subject. Rhapsodies in Black will be welcomed for its unique presentation of this creative time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651946209333,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520212630","price":155.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520212633.jpg?v=1781846841","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rhapsodies-in-black-art-of-the-harlem-renaissance-9780520212633","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}