Black is beautiful

art in the dark Little known, Africa has aroused all kinds of fantasies. Objects of curiosity during Antiquity, Blacks became, for Europeans of the Middle Ages, the incarnation of evil. And black was! In the 13th century, religious images experienced a small revolution: the skin of the saints darkened! We have deciphered for you the reasons for this not insignificant approach. The good savages Slaves, servants, freaks, servants: for a long time, works of art presented Blacks as inferior beings. When art rhymes with prejudice... artists against slavery The slave trade revolted certain artists from the 18th century. Armed with their brushes, they fought against slavery! Black, another me? This question has preoccupied artists since the Renaissance. Story of a (long) road to recognition and equality. The new models In the 20th century, Africa fascinated both the public and artists, and became a source of inspiration for painters and sculptors. Black power! The colonial legacy still generates injustices. A fight for equality, in the United States as in Africa, which also involves the reappropriation of an artistic identity.