TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caragol-Barreto,Taina Beatriz
AU  - Moss,Dorothy
AU  - Powell,Richard J.
AU  - Sajet,Kim
TI  - The Obama portraits
SN  - 9780691203287
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Washington, DC, Princeton
PB  - National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Princeton University Press
KW  - Obama, Barack
KW  - Obama, Michelle,
KW  - Wiley, Kehinde,
KW  - Sherald, Amy
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Portraits
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Art and society
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Illustrated works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Unveiling the unconventional : Kehinde Wiley's portrait of Barack Obama; Taína Caragol --; "Radical empathy" : Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama; Dorothy Moss --; The Obama portraits, in art history and beyond / Richard J. Powell --; The Obama portraits and the National Portrait Gallery as a site of secular pilgrimage; Kim Sajet --; The presentation of the Obama portraits : a transcript of the unveiling ceremony
N2  - "This is the first study of the portraits Barack Obama (2018) and Michelle Obama (2018), their reception, and their significance. The book includes essays by historians examining the influence of the paintings and what they reveal about contemporary portraiture, particularly in relation to American and African American history and culture. The book also features interviews with the artists, transcripts of the remarks made by the Obamas at the unveiling, and a selection of images, including behind-the-scenes photography by Pete Souza, the official photographer for the Obamas, made during the portrait sittings"--
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