Over the line : the art and life of Jacob Lawrence
Title:
Over the line : the art and life of Jacob Lawrence
JLCTITLE245:
edited with an introduction by Peter T. Nesbett, Michelle DuBois ; essays by Patricia Hills ... [and others].
Publication Information:
Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press in association with Jacob Lawrence Catalogue Raisonné Project, c2000.
Physical Description:
285 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
ISBN:
9780295979649
9780295979656
Abstract:
Essays by eight distinguished art historians examine the ways in which Jacob Lawrence's art speaks so powerfully to different audiences. An extensive chronology is illustrated with family photos. 261 illustrations.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-278) and index.
Personal Subject:
Contents:
Introduction / Peter T. Nesbett and Michelle Dubois -- Inside-outside, uptown-downtown: Jacob Lawrence and the aesthetic ethos of the Harlem working-class community / Leslie King-Hammond -- Education of Jacob Lawrence / Elizabeth Hutton Turner -- Critical context of Jacob Lawrence's early works, 1938-1952 / Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins -- Harmonizer of chaos: Jacob Lawrence at midcentury / Richard J. Powell -- Jacob Lawrence's paintings during the protest years of the 1960s / Patricia Hills.
Structure of narrative: form and content in Jacob Lawrence's builders paintings, 1946-1998 / Lowery Stokes Sims -- Jacob Lawrence: modernism, race, and community / Paul J. Karlstrom -- Materials and techniques of Jacob Lawrence / Elizabeth Steele -- Identification of binding media and pigments in the paintings of Jacob Lawrence / Michael R. Schilling, Narayan Khandekar, Joy Keeney, and Herant P. Khanijan.