Child of the Fire Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick, Kristen Buick Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2010 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-4266-3, ISBN: 0-8223-4266-9
"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 Pai Buick investigates how Lewis and her work were perceived, and their meanings manipulated, by others and the sculptor herself. She argues against the racialist art discourse that has long cas ..."
Child of the Fire(1st Edition) Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2010 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-4247-2, ISBN: 0-8223-4247-2
"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 Pai Buick investigates how Lewis and her work were perceived, and their meanings manipulated, by others and the sculptor herself. She argues against the racialist art discourse that has long cas ..."