For this assignment, write a 4-5 page, double-spaced paper (with separate cover and bibliography/notes page), using the standard essay format, comparing these two images: Jacob Lawrence’s The Library, 1960 with Miguel Cabrera’s Portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, c. 1750. Consider the formal elements of color, space and line in these paintings. How […]
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How did his approach to form differ from that of his predecessors in Black American painting?
Read the file and answer the following questions. Questions: – Using examples from the text, explain how Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series distinguished itself from other works of art and literature being produced during the Harlem Renaissance? – Specifically, how did his approach to form differ from that of his predecessors in Black American painting?