The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a time of great arts and cultural innovation in the African-American community in the 1920's and 1930's. Art, literature, poetry, music and theatre was springing up everywhere during this time period and it's influence continues today. Some of these artists and intellectuals were trying to form a new identity for themselves that rose against the terrible racism and difficulties that they were facing. They were living in an atmosphere of segregation, lynchings, and when African-Americans were portrayed in the media with negative stereotypes. These artists were rising above (remember Spiral Group?) to create new meanings, new art, new identities for themselves and their culture. This is a very simplified way of defining the movement/history and I urge you to research it more on your own as it is truly a very important part of American history.
Your Miz Art:
Read about one of the Harlem Renaissance artists and answer the following questions:
1) What is the artist's name and where and when did they live?
2) What medium did they work with?
3) Pick one artwork and describe it using your art vocabulary. Describe the focal point, whether they used rule of thirds, texture, value, color, line, shape, form, and so on. Make sure you include the title of the artwork, what year it was created and the medium.
4) Read about the artist and their life. List three interesting facts about the artist.
Here are the artists you can choose from (I have links below but you may google them or research them in the library for more information):
Aaron Douglas
Romare Bearden
Augusta Savage
Archibald Motley
DUE: December 9th, 2011
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