{"product_id":"flight-into-egypt-black-artists-and-ancient-egypt-1876-now-9781588397850","title":"Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first publication to examine the symbolic importance of ancient Egypt to Black artists and other cultural figures, from the nineteenth century through the Harlem Renaissance to the present\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning in the late nineteenth century, Black Americans looked to ancient Egypt as evidence of a preeminent ancient culture from the African continent. \u003ci\u003eFlight into Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e traces ancient Egypt's influence on artists, from Edmonia Lewis's sculpture \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e (1876) to the efflorescence of Afrocentric visual art during the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and artistic tendencies of the ensuing decades. Featuring more than 200 works that span nearly 150 years, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, posters, prints, video, photographs, and record album covers, this volume explores how Black artists, writers, and musicians--and modern and contemporary Egyptian artists--have employed ancient Egyptian imagery to craft a unifying identity. Authors bring to light the overlooked (often intentionally obscured) contributions of Black scholars to the study of ancient Egypt, while statements by contemporary Black and Egyptian artists illuminate ancient Egypt's continued hold on the creative imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art\/Distributed by Yale University Press \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (November 17, 2024-February 17, 2025)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Museum of Art New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781588397850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272","brand":"Akili Tommasino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44683473944757,"sku":"9781588397850","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4af0ca4d-b0a1-43d1-8e24-5f008f29eb26.jpg?v=1727796012","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/flight-into-egypt-black-artists-and-ancient-egypt-1876-now-9781588397850","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}