Maybe this is a crazy question, but how did Europeans know what Africans looked like? I know that some of the paintings here are of North Africans/Middle Easterners, but others clearly depict people...
William Stetter Adoration of the Three Kings Germany (1526) Oil on Panel, 87.3 x 54 cm. The wise men who, according to the Gospels, came from the East to adore the Christ Child and acknowledge his...
Hans Klintsch Saint Maurice (funerary monument to Johann von Bothmar) Germany (1592) Sandstone, 82 cm. The Image of the Black in Western Art Research Project and Photo Archive, W.E.B. Du Bois...
All of these images are from the same manuscript, the Historia de Proeliis [Royal 19 D I], illuminated in France by Jeanne de Montbaston in the 14th Century. I’ve shared almost of them in their own in...
kaileakes reblogged your photoset and added: This gives me life all kinds of love!! I wish it were some POC women in the mix as well, but I still love it. (Posted it before, doing it again) - K.L. I...
Hello! Huge fan of your blog here. Do you know of any famous POC soldiers or knights? I know of the one in the Arthurian legend, but he was fictional, and the one in the Morgan Bible doesn't really...
Maybe this is a crazy question, but how did Europeans know what Africans looked like? I know that some of the paintings here are of North Africans/Middle Easterners, but others clearly depict people...
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Walter Frier Portrait of the Princess of Zanzibar with an African Attendant Oil on Canvas Scotland (Oterston-John Henderson) 18th Century reproduction of 17th Century Original An inscription on the...
BY RUNOKO RASHIDI* The study of the African presence in history, whether in the African Diaspora or Africa itself, is a richly rewarding endeavor. In
oh, sweet!! I’d looked at literature c. 1100-1450 but I hadn’t looked much for corroboration/docs from after 1600. As for the invention of postcolonial racism, I’d imagine reading a document like...
YES. The Reichsadler was originally the banner of Saint Maurice, martyred commander of the Theban Legion. In Donald F. O'Reilly's Paper, The Theban Legion of Saint Maurice, he traces this symbol back...
Jacques Andre Portail A Study of Two Pages France (c. 1740) Watercolor, 27 x 23.5 cm. via christies.com
Judgment Day trumpeter; Angers bib mun sa3390 via Emily Steiner on Twitter
Anonymous artist (Braunschweig) Carved Retable with Saint Maurice (detail) Germany (c. 1450) The Image of the Black in Western Art Research Project and Photo Archive, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for...
Pieter Tanjé (after Philip van Dijk) Jacobus Ioannes Eliza Capitein Netherlands (1727-1747) Print; 228 x 178 mm The British Museum
Garcia Afonso, the king of Kongo from 1641 to 1661, is considered by many as the region’s greatest ever leader because of his religious piety and his near expulsion of the Portuguese from Angola.
Back in 2009, Vylar Kaftan wrote a blog post about diversity statistics in her own fiction. Basically, she did a survey of her fiction, tracking gender, race, sexual orientation, age, class, and ab…
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Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag Hours of the Virgin: Sext The three Magi meet at the crossroads on their journey to Jerusalem The first black figures in the art of the Low Countries, or Netherland…
Afro-Asiatica: An Odyssey in Black: FEAR OF BLACKNESS SERIES: Guide to the Ethnic Origins of the "Infernal" and “Black Sa...
aseantoo submitted: Johan Boeckhorst Portrait of the Libyan Sibyl, Symbol of the South Wind Netherlands (1630) Oil on panel Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum [Source]
When I happened upon your blog, and realized just how many people of color are in medieval and Renaissance artwork, I was dismayed. I wondered how I could have missed that. Well….I don’t really think...
Artist: Ludwig Deutsch Title: The Learned (l'Érudit), 1901 Signed lower left L. Deutsch 1901 Medium: oil on panel/huile sur panneau Size: 100.3x71cm
Abandoned and breathtaking. Perched on a cliffside overlooking the Black Sea, Romania’s majestic Casino Constanta is a historic monument that was built in 1904 to meet the needs of the Black Sea tourists during the Belle Époque period.…
