photography on Hopper’s work, see Gail Levin, „Edward Hopper: The Influence of Theater
In this photograph, journalist and musician Celeste Headlee hears Lenox Avenue, a suite her grandfather William Grant Still named after Harlem’s main street. This portrait captures the pride of Black Americans achieving success during the Harlem Renaissance despite systemic injustice.Â
dates to the height of the Harlem Renaissance, when vibrant Black music, dance, theater
Composer Nathalie Joachim sees her childhood memories in May Flowers. The photograph also evokes the uniquely spiritual experience of recording a church choir in her family’s Haitian village. Joachim has lovingly woven their song into her composition.
She was an actress in one of the first Black theater troops in France, which was
Studying artists and their works invites explorations of identity and the human condition. What drives artists to create? What choices do artists make, and why? Sometimes artists directly engage with questions of identity in their artwork: Who am I? How do I relate to others, and how do they relate to me?
agency, and beauty. afro.died, T. is a mash-up of hip hop, classical Japanese Kabuki theater
A play and a painting appear to have merged in Jan van Eyck’s dramatic Annunciation , which is rich with Christian symbolism. The rainbow-winged archangel Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary that God has chosen her to bear his son.
Netherlandish artist Jan van Eyck’s way of telling the story has a lot in common with theater
An artist, an ecologist, a poet, a chef, a ballet dancer – and more! Discover notable people exploring the many stories revealed in art from the National Gallery’s rich collections. Set your own pace by selecting as many tour stops as you like, in the order you choose. Just enter the track number below, press go, then press the play button when the tour stop appears. Don’t forget your headphones!  Made possible by a grant from the Alice L. Walton Foundation
Netherlandish artist Jan van Eyck’s way of telling the story has a lot in common with theater
Kress Fellow, 2008–2010 Neopaganism: Henry Fuseli, Theater, and the Cultural Politics
Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellow, June 3–July 31, 2013 Seicento Religious Theater
Meet Addison Scurlock and his sons—among the most important photographers of the Washington Black Renaissance.
People shopped on this thoroughfare, found refuge in the local pubs and theaters
Brush up on Sargent with Richard Ormond, great-nephew of the artist and cocurator of the exhibition Sargent in Spain.
She danced not only in theaters but also in private homes and at parties given by
