Posing Modernity

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This ambitious study investigates modern art's evolving representation of the black female figure, tracing the legacy of Manet's radical painting, Olympia (1863), to Matisse's Harl em Renaissance portraits, and onward to global contemporary artists' works. Posing Modernity includes 175 illustrations, model profiles, and reveals how post-abolition Parisian free black women formed modernist beauty. Show more