 | The Color of Stone: Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth-Century America Subjects: Women Black in art; Figure sculpture American -- 19th century; Marble sculpture American -- 19th century; Sculpture Neoclassical -- United States; Race in art; In The Color of Stone, Charmaine A. Nelson brilliantly analyzes a key, but often neglected, aspect of neoclassical sculptureaecolor. Considering three major worksaeHiram Powersos Greek Slave, William Wetmore Storyos Cleopatra, and Edmonia Lewisos Death of Cleopatraaeshe explores the intersection of race, sex, and class to reveal the meanings each work holds in terms of colonial histories of visual representation." |
