Description: Includes reproductions of 60 paintings from this series and provides critical essays and quotes from the artist himself.The role of community storyteller - of griot- so vital to African American life, was assumed by the American painter Jacob Lawrence in 1941, when he painted the 60-panel cycle that is the subject of this landmark book. In The Migration of the Negro Lawrence recreates in vivid images and compelling words the movement of millions of African-Americans, in the 1920s and 30s, from the rural South to the urban North. Rhythmically, powerfully, he shows us the repression and deprivation of Southern life…the magnetic pull of the North, with its promise of freedom and opportunity ... the culture shock experienced from the migrants' sudden exposure to the ways of the city ... their moving attempts to save their traditions while creating a new life for themselves.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
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Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Book Series: The Migration of the Negro
Type: Novel
ISBN: 9781633450400
Book Title: Jacob Lawrence: the Migration Series
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: American / African American, Individual Artists / Monographs, American / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art
Item Weight: 38.5 Oz
Author: Jacob Lawrence
Item Length: 12 in
Item Width: 9.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
