Negro Art: Past and Present

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"Negro Art: Past and Present" is an influential essay by philosopher and critic Alain Locke that examines the history, aesthetics, and cultural significance of African and African American art within the broader context of modern art.

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instanceOf art criticism essay ⓘ
essay ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
advocates integration of Negro art into mainstream art history ⓘ
recognition of African art as fine art ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
New Negro Movement ⓘ
linked to: Harlem Renaissance
author Alain Locke ⓘ
contributesTo African American art history discourse ⓘ
Black aesthetics ⓘ
linked to: Black culture

philosophy of art ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques Eurocentric standards in art criticism ⓘ
primitivist views of African art ⓘ
examines African American artistic traditions ⓘ
African artistic traditions ⓘ
relationship between art and racial identity ⓘ
role of Black artists in modern art ⓘ
stereotypes about Negro art ⓘ
focusesOn aesthetic evaluation of Black art ⓘ
cultural significance of Black art ⓘ
history of African American art ⓘ
history of African art ⓘ
relationship between African art and modernism ⓘ
genre aesthetic theory ⓘ
art criticism ⓘ
hasPerspective Afrocentric view of art history ⓘ
modernist aesthetics ⓘ
influencedBy New Negro ideology ⓘ
philosophy of cultural pluralism ⓘ
intendedAudience art critics ⓘ
general educated public ⓘ
scholars of African American culture ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African American art ⓘ
African art ⓘ
Negro Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Harlem Renaissance

aesthetics ⓘ
cultural history ⓘ
modern art ⓘ
race and art ⓘ
notableFor defense of the artistic value of Negro art ⓘ
historical survey of Black artistic production ⓘ
linking African art to modern art movements ⓘ
relatedPerson Langston Hughes ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
relatedWork The New Negro ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed early 20th century modern art ⓘ
precolonial African history ⓘ
slavery era in the Americas ⓘ

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