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April 30, 2013
Image of the Week: This Portuguese painting declares that the holy virgin Ifigenia's official role is to ward off fire.
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by Henry Louis Gates Jr. onOctober 29, 2012
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: We know his name, and why a Swiss resort town is named after him.
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December 20, 2010
European artists have long depicted many religious figures as African. The most famous examples: Christmas art of the Magi. Many of these treasures can be found in The Image of the Black in Western Art, co-edited by David Bindam and Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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December 15, 2010
Over the centuries, European artists depicted a variety of religious figures as black, most notably one of the Three Kings, or Magi, bearing gifts for the baby Jesus. The works of art depicted here can be found in The Image of the Black in Western Art, co-edited by David Bindam and Henry Louis Gates Jr.
