1. Harlem renaissance

2. RENAISSANCE/REBIRTH (1920s)
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement the lasted from the 1920s to the 1930s.
At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement.”

3. RENAISSANCE/REBIRTH (1920s)
The Harlem Renaissance was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.

4. RENAISSANCE/REBIRTH (1920s)
During the early 20th Century, Harlem became home to a growing "Negro" middle class.
They rejected the stereotypes of the blackface and minstrel show traditions.

5. RENAISSANCE/REBIRTH (1920s)
As life in the South became more difficult, African Americans began to migrate north.
The Great Migration of African Americans to northern cities allowed them to develop their own culture.

6. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
Black writers, musicians, and artists led the cultural rebirth northern cities, especially Harlem.
Although “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written in 1900, it became popular in the 1920s.

7. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington became jazz superstars of the 1920s.

8. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE

9. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
The work of black writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston were printed by major publishers.

10. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
African-American art history begins in the 1920s as black pride is embraced in their work.
Palmer Hayden and Aaron Douglass are considered some of the best artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

11. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
“THE JANITOR WHO PAINTS”

12. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
“THE TUNNEL”

13. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
Aaron Douglass is considered the “father” of African-American art.

14. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
“Building More Stately Mansions”

15. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
“Idyll of the Deep South”

16. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
“The Towers”

17. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
“Slavery Through Reconstruction”

18. INTELLECTUALS AND ART OF THE RENAISSANCE
TURN YOUR PICTURE INTO AARON DOUGLASS STYLE
People into Silhouettes
Use of earth tones (brown, black, cream colors)
Background and Buildings without details