Harlem and European Renaissance

The "Renaissance", the word that is modernly used to describe an era of creativity in arts, literature, and thought have been an occurence in both Harlem and ancient Europe. The Harlem Renaissance and European Renaissance were of great heights, the "golden age", in which creativity in the arts, literature, and thought bloomed into a large field wonderous works.

During the Harlem Renaissance, otherwise known as the "New Negro Movement", literature of the African Americans drove to its peak. Langston Hughes, very well-known novelist and poet had written stories, including a book named Not Without Laughter, which he had won a Harmon Gold Medal for. Though many other African American authors expressed strong anger, Langston Hughes did not. Georgia Douglas known for her poetry, was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance, had also come along with other many poets and authors to bloom their cultural literature. Music also flourished in the Harlem Renaissance, including Louis Armstrong, who played much jazz, which was the "stylish" music at the time. In ancient Europe, the Renaissance also fashioned in realistic sculpting, mostly of the human shape or form, of "natural qualities". Like Michelangelo, sculptures were his specialty, such as his most famous sculpture of David. Another great artist, Leonardo da Vinci, was also very intelligent who excelled in subjects such as science, mathematics, and engineering. He made accurate illustrations of the human anatomy, and invented and designed the ancient version of the helicopter. Raphael was a famous painter who was most known for The School of Athens, his most known painting.

Their cultures were different, but showed similarity of what within their culture had bloomed. Both Renaissance eras were a peak in which aspects of their culture was their greatest.