The Best 25 Harlem Renaissance Art Of Black America - The Harlem Renaissance: Black America's Art David Levering Lewis (Author), Deborah Willis Ryan (Author), and David Driskell - Paperback - January 1, 1987 (Author) 46 reviews View all available formats and editions Hardcover Paperback $64.85 6 Used from $45.00 2 Collectible from $69.99 Print length 200 pages Language Harlem was the metropolis of Black America in the 1920s and the epicenter of an epochal African-American cultural blossoming known as the Harlem Renaissance. This book showcases the work of the most notable
The book is jam-packed with photographs, biographies, analysis, and history about 1920s African-American artists in Harlem, New York, which was once known as the cultural hub of Black America. Numerous artists were foreign to me, including sculptor Meta Warrick Fuller, historian Alain Locke, sculptor Richard Barthe, and painter Palmer Hayden. A Brief Overview of Harlem Renaissance Art Harlem Renaissance is a word that refers to a robust blooming of literary, artistic, and musical arts within the African American community that began about 1920 in New York City's Harlem district.
Renaissance in Harlem Throughout the s and early s, the Harlem neighborhood of New York City became the epicenter of an unprecedented cultural revolution in African American history. Encouraged by a new sense of self-worth, Black artists created an enormous body of literary work, paintings, and sculptures, as well as finding expression in music and the performing arts.
