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Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now

Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now Hardcover - 2018

by Naeem, Asma

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Washington DC: National Portrait Gallery/Princeton University Press, 2018. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, Accompanied exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Illustrated. First major publication to focus on the development of silhouettes, gathers leading experts to shed light on the surprisingly complex historical, political, and social underpinnings of this ostensibly simple art form. This richly illustrated volume explores likenesses of everyone from presidents and celebrities to everyday citizens and enslaved people. Ultimately, the book reveals how silhouettes registered the paradoxes of the unstable young nation, roiling with tensions over slavery and political independence. Primarily tracing the rise of the silhouette in the decades leading up to the Civil War, Black Out also considers the ubiquity of the genre today, particularly in contemporary art. Historical research and four contemporary artists: Kara Walker, Kristi Malakoff, Kumi Yamashita, and Camille Utterback. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Record # 385760
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  • Title Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now
  • Author Naeem, Asma
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher National Portrait Gallery/Princeton University Press, Washington DC
  • Date 2018
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 385760
  • ISBN 9780691180588 / 069118058X
  • Weight 2.55 lbs (1.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.2 x 9.1 x 0.9 in (25.91 x 23.11 x 2.29 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.7

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From the rear cover

"Black Out explores the history and resurgence of the silhouette in America, and traces its political, social, and artisanal roots. Unfolding the silhouette's paradoxes and complexities, this book presents groundbreaking work on silhouettes, including essentially unknown artists, significant original content, and revelatory interpretations."--Jennifer L. Roberts, author of Transporting Visions: The Movement of Images in Early America

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  • Choice, 12/01/2018, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 09/01/2018, Page 59

About the author

Asma Naeem is curator of prints, drawings, and media arts at the National Portrait Gallery. Penley Knipe is the Philip and Lynn Straus Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper at the Harvard Art Museums. Alexander Nemerov is the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Stanford University. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is associate professor of American art at the University of Pennsylvania. Anne Verplanck is associate professor of American studies and humanities at Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg.

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