Harlem Renaissance

This Assignment is a multistep art based assignment that will allow you to better understand the Harlem Renaissance. Please follow the steps in order below.

Step 1 - Analyzing Art

Please look at the two images below and answer the question in you Google Doc attached to this assignment in Google Classroom.

Painting #1

Streamside, Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870, oil on canvas, 14 in x 21 in, SCAD Museum of Art.

Painting #2

Janitor Who Paints, Palmer Hayden, 1930, oil on canvas, 39 1⁄8 x 32 7⁄8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum

Task One: Analyzing Painting #1

What do you see in this painting? Describe the subject matter.
Are there any clues in this painting as to the identity of the artist?

Task Two: Analyzing Painting #2

What do you see in this painting? Describe the subject matter.
Are there any clues in this painting as to the identity of the artist?

Task Three: Comparing the Two Paintings

Based on your knowledge of the word high, which of these paintings would you guess is an example of “high art”? Why?
Based on your knowledge of the word folk, which of these paintings would you guess is an example of “folk art”? Why?
Which of these Harlem Renaissance paintings do you think is more likely to spark feelings of racial pride among Harlem residents? Explain your thinking.

Step 2 - Reading over the Harlem Renaissance

Please make sure to do this AFTER you have finished step 1. Now you will read the PDF below and answer the next set of questions in your Google Doc.

Reading - HarlemRenandHighArtvs.FolkArt 20.pdf

Answer these questions based on the reading above in your Google Doc

Where is Harlem?
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
When did the Harlem Renaissance take place?
Why did so many African Americans go to Harlem between 1910 and 1930?
What did W.E.B. DuBois think was the best way for African-American writers to show racial pride? Which camp (“high art” or “folk art”) does he represent?
What did Langston Hughes think was the best way for African-American writers to show racial pride? Which camp (“high art” or “folk art”) does he represent?
Define these terms:

industrialized
Great Migration
self-sufficiency
high art
folk art
dialect

Step 3 - Watch Movie and Research a Significant Figure

Before watching the video, make sure you have a notebook and pencil. You will write down one significant figure from the Harlem Renaissance. You will then do a quick research on that figure. You will also need to include a citation of that work using the Chicago Style Citation (example below). Please note that the plagiarism check will be turned on, so please do not copy and paste someone else's work (even if you change a few words).

You will need to write a 1 paragraph (8-10 sentences) write up about:

the background of that figure (where they were born, where they grew up, what jobs they had, ect)
how did they get into that media (writing, art, music, or theater)
what was their life/lifestyle like during their time of fame
what made them significant to the New Negro Movement / Harlem Renaissance

You will need to include one citation of where you got your information. You will follow the Chicago Style citation that used in this History/Social Studies department. I have laid out below how to cite a website.

Author's Last Name, First Name. "The Title of the Web Article." The Title of the Website. The Date Created or Last Modified. www.webaddressgoeshere.com/you_need_the_entire_site_url.

For more information about Chicago Style - CLICK HERE