{"product_id":"the-art-of-romare-bearden-9780810946408","title":"The Art of Romare Bearden","description":"\u003cp\u003eRomare Bearden (1911-1988) was one of Americas great artistic innovators  blazing his own trail in a time of turbulent cultural change. While his work offers an invaluable view of mid-twentieth-century African-American experience  it has also come to occupy a significant place in the wider history of American art and speaks to the universal concerns of artists everywhere. Born in North Carolina and coming of age in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance  Bearden was surrounded from an early age by writers  musicians  artists  and intellectuals who presided over an extraordinary period of creative ferment. With keen aesthetic sensitivity  the insight of a philosopher  and the courage of a pioneer  Bearden absorbed images and ideas that he later wove into his colorful  complex  and imaginative art. His work is infused with the sounds  intervals  and rhythms of jazz and the blues; the majesty and mystery of popular religion and obscure ritual; echoes of European old master painting and African art; and the atmosphere of the places he loved. In addition to reproducing examples of Beardens well-known collages  photostats  and watercolors  The Art of Romare Bearden includes paintings in gouache and oil  murals  book illustrations  costume designs  and his only known sculpture. Much of this art has been culled from private collections and is rarely seen. Fines definitive essay  based on new research  is accompanied by shorter essays on the artists European and African sources  his own writings  and contemporary criticism of his art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279758155829,"sku":"ByrdShop_0810946408","price":69.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780810946408.jpg?v=1780608975","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-romare-bearden-9780810946408","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}