Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History's Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick

Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History's Black and Indian Subject

Kirsten Pai Buick

344 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction art history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Child of the Fire is the first book-length examination of the career of the nineteenth-century artist Mary Edmonia Lewis, best known for her sculptures inspired by historical and biblical themes. Throughout this richly illustrated study, Kirsten P...

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