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Bindman, David, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds. The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II: From the Early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery." Cambridge: Belknap, 2010.
Examines figural representations of Black bodies in medieval European Christian visual arts, including manuscripts, portraiture, and sculptures. The work addresses a wide array of contexts—including Black saints, such as St. Benedict and St. Maurice, and literary characters such as Othello—to trace a range of attitudes on Blackness. The work engages the fields of art history, religion, and embodiment.
