Visual Harlem Renaissance

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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement in Harlem, New York during the 1920s and 1930s. The basis for it was laid after the Abolition of slavery and accelerated as a consequence of WorldWar I and sociocultural changes in the early 20th century. Industrialization was a reason for many African Americans for a Great Migration to northern cities. The aim of the cultural movement was to promote social and racial integration. Visually this was done through bold, stylized pictures of African Americans of that time and giving scenes of black variety through different perspective. The African American was the creator of art and its subject for the reason to present blacks in a new way and create the picture of the ‘New Negro’ as educated and sophisticated. Important artists were Jacob Lawrence, Aaron Douglas and Norman Lewis.