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In the early 1900's, African American literature, art, dance, and social commentary began to flourish in Harlem and this cultural movement became known as the Harlem Renaissance. Harlem Renaissance was more than just a movement but exalted the unique African-American culture and redefined African-American expression. During Post-Impressionism, the artists used vivid colors, thick applications of paint, distinctive brushstrokes, and real subject matter. This movement also leaned towards a more spiritual and expressive approach and wanted to add emotion and symbolic meaning to the art. These two radically different movements had a different way of looking at art and literature, but if were to compare the aesthetic concept from the Harlem Renaissance and Post-Impressionism, we might think of Vincent Van Gogh and Zora Neale Hurston. Writers and artists had their own forms of expressing thought and concerns but these two "artists" share a common interest for the common people and/or poor......

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