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The Two Queens—Yemaya and Elizabeth I

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Description: The Two Queens—Yemaya and Elizabeth I
TitleThe Two Queens—Yemaya and Elizabeth I
Creator nameOquet, Charo
Creator nationality/cultureDominican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1997
Object typePainting
MaterialsAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions121.9 × 142.2 cm.
LocationPrivate collection
SubjectsQueens in artYemaja (Yoruba deity)PostcolonialismPainting, Dominican--20th centuryAfrican diaspora in art
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Chapter 9. Spirits: from Changó to Iconoclasm
Cheryl Finley
Description: Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon
Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon
~NEARLY SINCE ITS CONCEPTION in 1788, the slave ship icon has embodied religious meaning. The committee of abolitionists who conceived it consisted of Quakers and radical Christians who found its visual impact an able weapon in their arsenal of images arrayed to win popular support for ending the slave trade. To be sure, in their hands the image was circulated and...
Author
Cheryl Finley
PublisherPrinceton University Press
CopyrightCopyright © 2018 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.211-231
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00260.010
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Chapter subject tags:Slave shipsWomen artists, BlackArt, Modern--Buddhist influencesVisual metaphorReligion in artMultimedia installations (Art)Transatlantic slave trade in artCampos-Pons, Maria Magdalena, 1959-Ward, Nari, 1963-Middle passageStained glass windows
7. New Practices, New Identities: Hybridity and Globalization
Kobena Mercer
Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume V: The Twentieth Century, Part 2: The...
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume V: The Twentieth Century, Part 2: The Rise of Black Artists
The transformations brought to bear on representations of black people in Western art at the end of the twentieth century and the start of the twenty-first were the result of numerous social, cultural, and political factors. First and foremost was the living presence of black artists within the institutions of artistic production. Artists of African descent had always been active in the world of...
Author
Kobena Mercer
PublisherHarvard University Press
Copyright© 2014 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Related print edition pages: pp.225-300
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00146.011
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Chapter subject tags:Decolonization in artArtists, Black--20th centuryBlack people--Race identityWeems, Carrie Mae, 1953-Women artists, BlackPhotographers, BlackGender identity in artAfrican diaspora in artMarshall, Kerry James, 1955-Ligon, Glenn, 1960-Campos-Pons, Maria Magdalena, 1959-Walker, Kara Elizabeth

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Feb 15
Creator nameCrabbe van Espleghem, Frans
Creator nationality/cultureFlemish
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation datec. 1520–1530
Object typePrint
MaterialsEtching
Dimensions9 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (25.2 x 19.2 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1468736&partId=1
Accession number1846,0509.33
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
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Description: Elevata
Elevata
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameCampos-Pons, María Magdalena
Creator nationality/cultureCuban
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2002
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsComposition of sixteen 24-by-20 Polaroids
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/58485?position=3
Accession numberP2004.11
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Description: Queen Charlotte (1744–1818)
Queen Charlotte (1744–1818)
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 03
Creator nameZoffany, Johann
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1771
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions64 1/8 x 54 in. (162.9 x 137.2 cm)
LocationRoyal Collection, United Kingdom
https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/41/collection/405071/queen-charlotte-1744-1818
Accession numberRCIN 405071
Queen Charlotte (1744–1818)
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Description: Eleonora of France
Eleonora of France
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameAnthonisz., Cornelis
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1538–1548
Object typePrint
MaterialsWoodcut, stencil colored
DimensionsBlock 12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (32.5 x 26 cm)
LocationRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.37363
Accession numberRP-P-1932-171
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Creator nameBarker, Thomas Jones
Creator nationality/cultureBritish
Creator rolePainter
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Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
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LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw00071/The-Secret-of-Englands-Greatness-Queen-Victoria-presenting-a-Bible-in-the-Audience-Chamber-at-Windsor
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Creator nationality/cultureAfrican
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date2010
Object typePrint
MaterialsArchival pigment print with silkscreen on archival paper
Dimensions63.5 × 50.5 cm. (25 ×19 7/8 in.)
Homeward Bound
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Description: Merengue
Merengue
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameColson, Jaime
Creator nationality/cultureDominican
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1938
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on board
Dimensions52 x 68 cm
LocationMuseo Bellapart, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Merengue
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Description: Group portrait of the Queen Mother of Tafu and her family. Asante, Ghana
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 01
Creator nameRattray, Robert Sutherland
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1927
Object typePhotograph
Dimensions101 x 125 mm
LocationPitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
https://prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-299099
Accession number1998.312.47.1
Group portrait of the Queen Mother of...
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Creation date1300–1400
Object typeBook/Manuscript
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Creator nameGoya, Francisco de
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Creator rolePainter
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Dimensions152 x 110 cm.
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/portrait-of-queen-maria-luisa/29358cc9-1c57-4055-8e09-301efc55c3e0?searchid=a9eebfea-5726-5c7a-ddda-d4f9e33a4f55
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Portrait of Queen Maria Luisa
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Description: Yellow Book #1
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameUdé, Iké
Creator nationality/cultureNigerian
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date2003
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsC-print photograph
Dimensions27.9 × 21.6 cm.
Yellow Book #1
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Description: Night Journey
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameBowling, Frank
Creator nationality/cultureGuyanese
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1969−1970
Object typePainting
MaterialsAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions212.7 × 183.2 cm. (83 3/4 × 72 1/8 in.)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/499035
Accession number2011.590.2
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Description: Africa, from "Allegory of the Four Continents
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameBeauvais Manufactory
Creator name (description)workshop of de Menou, after François Le Barbier
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation datec. 1786–1791
Object typeTextile
MaterialsWool and silk tapestry
DimensionsH. 144 x W. 180 inches (365.8 x 457.2 cm)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/229585
Accession number1978.404.3
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
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