Research Project
[Student Name Here] 2
African American Art
Project Proposal
Project Title: Establishing the African-American history through art.
Project Director:
Date: 28.03.2015
Project Duration:
Key Artist: Palmer Hayden
Title: John Henry dies after Beating the Steam Drill. 1944-1947
This is one of Hayden’s numerous artworks.
Working thesis
How can the chronology of the long history African-Americans be established through famous works of art?
Situation analysis
Special works of art that describe specific significant events in history do not seem to pass the desired message or people fail to conceptualize the impression the artist was trying to make when doing a piece of art. Paintings and drawings need special interpretation to grasp the inner, bigger message implied unlike the outward beauty.
Objective
This project is aimed making collections of works of art by famous artists to point out the significant events in the history of African-Americans during the slavery, the civil war and during the campaign for African-American liberation and equal rights and representation in the Congress.
To create a platform for the appreciation of works of art by various sculptures and classical painters.
To create a detailed timeline of every work of art in the African-American History.
Desired Impact and outcome of the project
The successful completion of the project will lead to the placement of every work of art to a specific period of time in the Black History.
Through this project, the chronology of events of the African-American history will be established through art.
Conclusion
This paper proposes that the use of pieces of art and the interpretation of the impressions created by various artists in their work will help study the history of the Black Americans. The entire period of the project will involve visits to museums and art galleries to study various artworks on the African-American history.
Bibliography
Angelou, Maya. A song flung up to heaven. London Virago 2003. Originally published: 2002. Print.
Berger, Mark B. Palmer Hayden: An American Painter. , 1990. Print.
Driskell, David. Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America: [exhibition]. New York: Abradale Press, Abrams, 1994. Print.
Flowers, A. R. I see the promised land. London: Tara, 2011. Print.
High Point: A Memoir of the African American Community. High Point, N.C.: Yalik's Modern Art, 2014.
Holley, Donald. The Second Great Emancipation: The Mechanical Cotton Picker, Black Migration, and How They Shaped the Modern South. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas, 2000. Print.
Lyndon, Dan. Black History. London: Franklin Watts, 2010. Print.
Obama, Barack. Dreams from My Father. New York, N.Y.?: Random House Audio, 2005. Sound recording.
Weber, Michael. Causes and Consequences of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Austin, Tex: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1998. Print.
The Janitor Who Paints ca. 1930
Palmer Hayden. Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Harmon Foundation 1967.57.28 Smithsonian American Art Museum Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 34B