Portrait of an African Slave Woman, ~1580, attr. to Annibale Carracci
Portrait of a Wealthy African, ~1540, Flemish or German
By Hazel Singer
Friday, November 23, 2012
Books and Art: Beauty, Heritage, Posterity
Reading and books: the gifts of a lifetime. Art: creating and viewing
are not passive activities, they hold, store, and explain the past and
the present.
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore currently has an exhibit titled Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe. There
are sculptures, cameos, drawings, and paintings, including this one on
the right, that show African people of all walks of life interacting
with peers, servants, and masters in Europe.The book accompanying this
exhibit is excellent and can be found at this link here.
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