Early U.S. Modernism and The Harlem Renaissance
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In the NewsAffordable Care
ActDeath of
Adrienne Rich
Link to Rich reading a poem
Survey: Affordable Care Act
Should the Supreme Court A. Leave the Affordable Car Act As It Is (Take
No Action) B. Strike down the individual health care
mandate but keep the rest of the Affordable Care Act
C. Stike down the whole law
a. Robert Henriesb. Jacob Riisc. George Bellowsd. Frank Lloyd Wright
Identify the artist:
Jacob RiisFive Cents a Spot1890
a. European Modernismb. Precisionismc. Ash Can Schoold. Hudson River School
Identify the movement / period:George BellowsExcavation of Pennsylvania Station1909
George BellowsBoth Members of This Club1909
a. Early American Modernismb. Precisionismc. The Ash Can Schoold. Hudson River School
Hughes would describe these paintings as examples of:Joseph Stella. The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted: The Bridge, 1920Georgia O’Keefe, The Radiator Building—Night, New York, 1927
Paintings by John MarinBrooklyn Bridge, 1910Movement Fifth Avenue, 1912
a. Early American Modernismb. Precisionismc. The Ash Can Schoold. Hudson River School
Hughes would describe these paintings as examples of:
Charles Sheeler, American Landscape, 1930
Defining Renaissance
For my part I was deeply stirred by the idea of a real Negro renaissance…My idea of a renaissance was one of talented persons of an ethnic or national group working individually or collectively in a common purpose and creating things that would be typical of their group. I was surprised when I discovered that many of the talented Negroes regarded their renaissance more as an uplift organization and a vehicle to accelerate the pace and progress of smart Negro society.a.Langston Hughesb.Alain Lockec.Claude McKayd.Joel A Rodgers
American IdentityAmerica, seeking a new spiritual expansion and artistic maturity, trying to found an American literature, a national art, and national music implies a Negro-American culture seeking the same satisfactions and objectives. Separate as it may be in color and substance, the culture of the Negro is of a pattern integral with the times and with its cultural setting.a.Langston Hughesb.Alain Lockec.Claude McKayd.Joel A Rodgers
Jazz and What It Means
Jazz isn’t music merely, it is a spirit that can express itself in almost anything. The true spirit of jazz is a joyous revolt from convention, custom, authority, boredom, even sorrow—from everything that would confine the soul of man and hinder its riding free on the air. The Negroes who invented it called their songs the “Blues,” and they weren’t capable of satire or deception. Jazz was their explosive attempt to cast off the blues and be happy, carefree happy, even in the midst of sordidness and sorrow. And that is why it has been such a balm for modern ennui, and has become a safety valve for modern machine-ridden and convention-bound society. It is the revolt of the emotions against repression.
a.Langston Hughes
b.Alain Locke
c.Claude McKay
d.Joel A Rodgers