Thursday, May 16, 2013

Harlem Renaissance

If you need assistance with information on the Harlem Renaissance, look through these sites or download the Harlem Renaissance pathfinder located below. To OPEN the document, place your mouse over the title of the document then press CTRL and left click your mouse. Choose OPEN or SAVE as needed.

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Sites for Harlem Renaissance


1.       African American Women Dreaming in Color - About the role of women in the movement.
2.       Harlem Renaissance, 1919-1937 - A research guide and reference, with background, list of individuals (many with links to further information), timeline, assessment of the importance of the movement.
3.       Poets of the Harlem Renaissance and After - Offers a brief guide.
4.       Rhapsodies in Black - Introduction to the period of the flowering of the arts in the black community in Harlem. Included are backgrounds for artists, a bibliography, and a chronology.
5.       The Creative Americans: Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 - 1964 - Collection contains 1,400 Portraits of literary figures, artists, and celebrities, many of them figures from the movement.
6.       The Harlem Renaissance - A collection of art, poetry, and prose. Includes a link to subscribe to an email discussion list.
7.       ArtLex: Harlem Renaissance [ ] - Brief definition with artworks examples from this American art movement.
8.       Eyecon Art - The Harlem Renaissance [ ] - History of the African-American cultural movement which was first known as "The New Negro Movement" and later as the Harlem Renaissance. Sample artwork and facts about the artists.
9.       Artcyclopedia search by artist, period or movement: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/harlem-renaissance.html.
10.   Mark Harden’s Artchive: search by artist: http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm.

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