Cane is considered a Harlem Renaissance masterpiece written by Jean Toomer. Cane is a collection of literary work that portray black life in the 1920s. The work consist of poems and prose that are broken up in to three parts. The first and third part take place in the segregated south, the third part is set in Chicago and Washington DC. When this book was first published it received glowing reviews and was proclaimed to one of the most influential works written by an African American Artist. Despite the receiving great reviews the book only sold a few copies. It was not until the 1960s when the world discovered this significant piece of work.
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The central focus of this essay is the lack of acceptance of African American art by Caucasians as well as African Americans.
Langston Hughes described the preference of white culture or African American culture as a mountain that stands in the way of true black art. Hughes argues that black poets should embrace their own culture as opposed to white cultures. He states that he is ashamed of African American poets who shy away from black art. Hughes writes, “I am ashamed, too, for the colored artist who runs from the painting of Negro faces to the painting of sunsets after the manner of the academicians because he fears the strange un-whiteness of his own features.” Hughes then says, “An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.” This reiterates Hughes idea of the racial mountain blocking black artist from true art.
Hughes argues that the best art “will please neither the black or white artist”. Hughes believed that art should be purely for the artist. If an artist tries to reflect his art based off of what society wants than the art will in return lack
Charlotte Osgood Mason used the fortune that her husband, Rufus Osgood Mason, left her when he died …show more content…
The central focus of this essay is the lack of acceptance of African American art by Caucasians as well as African Americans.
Langston Hughes described the preference of white culture or African American culture as a mountain that stands in the way of true black art. Hughes argues that black poets should embrace their own culture as opposed to white cultures. He states that he is ashamed of African American poets who shy away from black art. Hughes writes, “I am ashamed, too, for the colored artist who runs from the painting of Negro faces to the painting of sunsets after the manner of the academicians because he fears the strange un-whiteness of his own features.” Hughes then says, “An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.” This reiterates Hughes idea of the racial mountain blocking black artist from true art.
Hughes argues that the best art “will please neither the black or white artist”. Hughes believed that art should be purely for the artist. If an artist tries to reflect his art based off of what society wants than the art will in return lack