Published 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. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Chronology. Brian Baade, Amber Kerr-Allison, and Jennifer Giacci -- 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 Musâee du Luxembourg / Marc Simpson ; Pioneer and sage : Henry Ossawa Tanner and the interwar African American community in Paris / Tyler Stovall ; Tanner, the pillar of Trâepied / 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 / Hâeláene 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.
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