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- The Four Parts of the World Holding the Celestial Sphere - fountain and sculpture in Paris for which Why Born Enslaved! served as a model.
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s stunning sculpture Why Born Enslaved! (1868) is one of the most powerful expressions of abolitionist sentiment in the visual arts.
- Cleveland Magazine: What’s the first thing to know about Why Born Enslaved!? William Robinson: It’s one of the most powerful expressions of abolitionist visual art.
- This important lineage is not overt in the display of Why Born Enslaved! Imagine posting this entire essay on the wall!
- One of the most powerful expressions of abolitionist sentiment in the visual arts, Why Born Enslaved! depicts an African woman bound by ropes and looking defiantly...
- In this video, Wendy S. Walters recites the poem she wrote in response to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's sculpture Why Born Enslaved!, which was recently acquired...
- 12 bin görüntülemeYayınlandı13 Ara 2019
- Why Born Enslaved! was first conceived in 1868 by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, one of the greatest French sculptors of the nineteenth century.
- When the museum debuted “Why Born Enslaved!” on June 6, 2022, its curators had to know Carpeaux’s sculpture would unnerve any patron.
- The subject’s resisting pose, defiant expression, and accompanying inscription – "Pourquoi Naître Esclave!" (Why Born Enslaved!) – convey an antislavery message.