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This essay uses experimental writing to tell a compelling story about US sculpture from the 19th century. It's about a once-famous statue and America's first Black sculptor. The co-authors locate this story at the intersection of racial, gender, and sexual justice today.
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The Greek Slave statue was as famous as the Mona Lisa is today: renowned on both sides of the Atlantic and America's first female nude. Edmonia Lewis is America's first Black and Indigenous sculptor to achieve international fame. Their stories intertwined in an art studio in Florence, Italy, at the end of the Civil War. Read the article to learn more!
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This page is a summary of: Edmonia Lewis, the Greek Slave Statue, and the #SayHerName Movement, July 2024, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004700994_019.
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