african and african- american studies This handout highlights ARTstor content related to African and African-American experiences, traditions, and cultural heritage, which are documented by images of cultural objects, art works, important events, and key historical figures.
f e at u r e d collections James Conlon: Mali and Yemen Sites and Architecture » library.artstor.org/library/collection/conlon
Image Credit: Bob Adelman | Rosa Parks at demonstration, 1963 | Image and original data provided by Magnum Photos | ©Bob Adelman / Magnum Image of the Black in Western Art Photos » library.artstor.org/library/collection/harvard_ibwa s e a r c h t i p s Magnum Photos: Contemporary Photojournalism Browse the collections of museums » library.artstor.org/library/collection/magnum specializing in American art (e.g. Smithsonian American Art Museum or the Terra Foundation Eugene James Martin for American Art) » library.artstor.org/library/collection/martin
Browse museums with encyclopedic collections Christopher Roy: African Art and Field Photography (e.g. The Metropolitan Museum of Art or The Cleveland Museum of Art) by classification, » library.artstor.org/library/collection/roy then by countries in Africa Smithsonian American Art Museum Browse by Geography to select countries in » library.artstor.org/library/collection/smithsonian_americanart Africa or choose the United States. Herbert Cole: African Art, Architecture, and Culture (University of California, Santa Barbara) s e a r c h t e r m s » library.artstor.org/library/collection/ucsb_cole
Abolitionist Kilimanjaro d i d yo u k n ow ? Ashanti Martin Luther You can discover the complete Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence (1917– Bantu King 2000) in ARTstor. Executed in 1940–1941, this 60-panel cycle documents Kongo Romare Bearden the migration of African-Americans from the impoverished rural South Jacob Lawrence Benin to the industrial cities of the North and Midwest starting in World War Ray Charles NAACP I. In 1942, the series was split between two institutions, with The Phillips “Civil Rights” Obama Collection acquiring the odd-numbered panels and The Museum of Modern Dowry Slavery Art purchasing the even-numbered works. The entire series is reunited in Desegregation Harriet Tubman Duke Ellington Kara Walker ARTstor and may be viewed alongside photographic documentation of Harlem Yoruba the installation of the full cycle for the exhibition, “Jacob Lawrence: The Hip Hop Migration Series,” which took place at The Museum of Modern Art from Kenya January–April 1995.
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