Henry Ossawa Tanner : modern spirit / edited by Anna O. Marley.

Author/creator Tanner, Henry Ossawa
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia [Pa.] : Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ; Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©2012.
Description308 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Subjects
Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937--Exhibitions.
Tanner, Henry Ossawa, 1859-1937--Criticism and interpretation.
African American artists--Biography.

Other author/creatorMarley, Anna O.
Other author/creatorPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Other author/creatorCincinnati Art Museum.
Other author/creatorMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Contents Henry Ossawa Tanner: modern spirit / Anna O. Marley -- Henry Ossawa Tanner in the context of Black artists. Before Tanner / Olivier Meslay ; Tanner and transcendence / Richard J. Powell -- Henry Ossawa Tanner and the expatriate experience. The Resurrection of Lazarus : from the Quartier Latin to the Musée du Luxembourg / Marc Simpson ; Pioneer and sage : Henry Ossawa Tanner and the interwar African American community in Paris / Tyler Stovall ; Tanner, the pillar of Trépied / Jean-Claude Lesage ; Tanner and "Oriental" Africa / Adrienne L. Childs -- Henry Ossawa Tanner and religious painting. A New Testament : Henry Ossawa Tanner, religious discourse, and the "lessons" of art / Marcus Bruce ; "I invited the Christ spirit to manifest in me" : Tanner and symbolism / Robert Cozzolino ; "The dynamo and the virgin" : Henry Ossawa Tanner's religious nocturnes / Hélène Valance ; Christian cosmopolitanism : Henry Ossawa Tanner and the beginning of the end of race / Alan C. Braddock -- Henry Ossawa Tanner's style and techniques. Reproduction troubles : Tanner's "Mothers of the Bible" for the Ladies' Home Journal / Michael Leja ; Pursuit of the ideal effect : the materials and techniques of Henry Ossawa Tanner / Brian Baade, Amber Kerr-Allison, and Jennifer Giacci -- Plates -- Chronology.
General notePublished in conjunction with the exhibition held at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 28-Apr. 15, 2012, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 26-Sept. 9, 2012, and at Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tex., Oct. 14, 2012-Jan. 6, 2013.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011940900
ISBN9780520270749 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520270746 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520270756 (pbk.)
ISBN0520270754 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Ronnie Barnes African American Collection N6537.T35 A4 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold