Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery

Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9780520343269
ISBN-13 : 0520343263
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Download or read book Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery written by Caitlin Meehye Beach and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : "Within a few steps of the spot" : art in an age of racial capitalism -- Grasping images : antislavery and the sculptural -- "The mute language of the marble" : slavery and Hiram Powers' Greek slave -- Sentiment, manufactured : John Bell and the abolitionist image under empire -- Relief work : Edmonia Lewis and the poetics of plaster -- Between liberty and emancipation : Francesco Pezzicar's The Abolition of slavery -- Coda : "Sculptured dream of liberty".


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