During the Harlem Renaissance, Aaron Douglass earned his nicknames as "The Father of African Art" and "The Dean of African-American Painters." His artwork was influenced and characterized by African culture and African-American Jazz music. Douglass was hired to paint a four-panel mural in the New York Public Library. On one of the panels was a painting called the "Song of the Towers."
In the "Song of the Towers," Douglass depicts three different stages of African American history. The man on the right shows the escape of a former slave. The man on the left shows the economic hardships of most Blacks during that time. The man in the middle playing the saxophone shows the hope that Douglass has for the future of all African Americans to be able to be free with their gifts and the things they love. This is a representation of the true goal of the Renaissance as it shows that African Americans really can be gifted and special and that their dreams count as much as any other.
In the "Song of the Towers," Douglass depicts three different stages of African American history. The man on the right shows the escape of a former slave. The man on the left shows the economic hardships of most Blacks during that time. The man in the middle playing the saxophone shows the hope that Douglass has for the future of all African Americans to be able to be free with their gifts and the things they love. This is a representation of the true goal of the Renaissance as it shows that African Americans really can be gifted and special and that their dreams count as much as any other.
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