Classicisms of Color: Transatlantic Exchanges in African and American Traditional Architecture

The beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina, was built by enslaved Africans, and the painful historical connections between classical architecture and slavery have encouraged some critics to see classicism as racist. Contemporary black artist Jonathan Green, however, proposed a new way of view...

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Autor principal:	Nathaniel Robert Walker
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	INTBAU Spain 2021
Materias:	Charleston Ethiopia West Africa Colonnades Metalwork Architecture NA1-9428 Building construction TH1-9745
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:af8b4b202c854e40960a9de213a396df2021-11-15T21:31:39ZClassicisms of Color: Transatlantic Exchanges in African and American Traditional Architecture2660-58212660-583Xhttps://doaj.org/article/af8b4b202c854e40960a9de213a396df2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.traditionalarchitecturejournal.com/index.php/home/article/view/531https://doaj.org/toc/2660-5821https://doaj.org/toc/2660-583X The beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina, was built by enslaved Africans, and the painful historical connections between classical architecture and slavery have encouraged some critics to see classicism as racist. Contemporary black artist Jonathan Green, however, proposed a new way of viewing Charleston’s buildings: as a testament to black creativity and resilience that fused African architectural traditions, such as colonnaded porches and metalwork, with European ones. Following Green, this essay traces a number of trans-Atlantic architectural connections forged during the age of empires. Many different African nations, from Ethiopia to Ghana, developed great classical architectures that traveled to Europe and America through the migration of people or the publication of books. African-American designs also returned to Africa, sometimes with European accents, and found compatibility with indigenous traditions. As Green asserted, a beautiful truth emerges from this study: traditional architecture is bigger than racism. It is African, American, and human. Nathaniel Robert WalkerINTBAU SpainarticleCharlestonEthiopiaWest AfricaColonnadesMetalworkArchitectureNA1-9428Building constructionTH1-9745ENESJournal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism, Iss 2 (2021)
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description	The beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina, was built by enslaved Africans, and the painful historical connections between classical architecture and slavery have encouraged some critics to see classicism as racist. Contemporary black artist Jonathan Green, however, proposed a new way of viewing Charleston’s buildings: as a testament to black creativity and resilience that fused African architectural traditions, such as colonnaded porches and metalwork, with European ones. Following Green, this essay traces a number of trans-Atlantic architectural connections forged during the age of empires. Many different African nations, from Ethiopia to Ghana, developed great classical architectures that traveled to Europe and America through the migration of people or the publication of books. African-American designs also returned to Africa, sometimes with European accents, and found compatibility with indigenous traditions. As Green asserted, a beautiful truth emerges from this study: traditional architecture is bigger than racism. It is African, American, and human.
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title	Classicisms of Color: Transatlantic Exchanges in African and American Traditional Architecture
title_short	Classicisms of Color: Transatlantic Exchanges in African and American Traditional Architecture
title_full	Classicisms of Color: Transatlantic Exchanges in African and American Traditional Architecture
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Classicisms of Color: Transatlantic Exchanges in African and American Traditional Architecture

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