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Title: Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence by Peter T. Nesbett, Michelle Dubois, Patricia Hills ISBN: 0-295-97965-8 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: What a great book; what a great artist!!!
Comment: Jacob Lawrence, who died a year ago at age 82, was one of the great American artists of the 20th century -- or any century for that matter. I had the privilege recently of viewing "The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence" at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, and was extremely impressed. If you can't make it to the Phillips Collection, this book is the next best thing, with more than 200 full color reproductions of Lawrence's work.
And what a powerful body of work it is, mainly -- but not only -- on the African-American experience. Themes include: slavery; escape via the Underground Railroad; heros and heroines like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman (plus Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture); black migration to the North; continued persecution (lynchings, Jim Crow) well into the 20th century; the Harlem Renaissance; and more. Lawrence's style is simple (but NOT simplistic!), urgent, and direct, using inexpensive materials (cheap store-bought poster paints on hardboard -- whatever Lawrence could afford), which give new meaning to the expression, "less is more!" You get the feeling in looking at these paintings that Lawrence HAD to paint, to bear witness, and to let the world know the situation of his people.
"Over the Line" is a valuable book for many reasons. For one thing, my understanding is that these paintings, sketches, etc. have never before been published in color, or at all, in any other books on Lawrence. "Over the Line" also give you information on Lawrence's life, which was very interesting in its own right. Finally, these painting are simply a joy to look at, over and over, which this book will allow you to do. I strongly recommend that you get a hold of it!
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Title: The Great Migration : An American Story by Jacob Lawrence ISBN: 0064434281 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
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Title: Jacob Lawrence: The Complete Prints (1963-2000), A Catalogue Raisonne by Peter T. Nesbett, Patricia Hills ISBN: 0295979550 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: The Art of Romare Bearden: by Ruth Fine ISBN: 0810946408 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence by John Duggleby, Jacob Lawrence ISBN: 0811820823 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Harriet and the Promised Land by Jacob Lawrence ISBN: 0689809654 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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