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Historic Research Methodologies for Discovering Black Contributions to the Building Trades and Decorative Arts
Author(s) -
Carll M. Allison,
Blakemore Robbie G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of interior design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1939-1668
pISSN - 1071-7641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1668.1988.tb00116.x
Subject(s) - decorative arts , the arts , focus (optics) , visual arts , architectural engineering , engineering , art , visual arts education , physics , optics
Because of a lack of historical information on Black artisans in the building trades and decorative arts, this paper was designed to stimulate research in the area of Black craftsmanship. Past and current research efforts, methodologies, and sources available for analysis are presented. Focus is given to two categories of historical evidence—verbal (oral and written) and artifacts. Research of this type is deemed essential to our understanding of the Black contribution to American artistic evolution.