Question

In Aaron Douglas's painting Song of the Towers, what does the individual with the saxophone in the center of the picture represent?

A. African American life in Africa.
B. The forced migration of Africans to the United States
C. African American creativity in music and literature during the Harlem Renaissance
D. African American slavery in the South

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) African American creativity in music and literature during the Harlem Renaissance.

In Aaron Douglas’ painting Song of the Towers, the individual with the saxophone in the center of the picture represents the African American creativity in music and literatura during the Harlem Renaissance.

Aaron Douglas (1900-1979), was an African Americal painter and illustrator. His works are an inspiration to the African American traditions. Those works appeared in the cover of books and as illustrations of texts. The Song of the Towers illustration is part of the “Aspects of Blacks Life”. A collection of murals of 1934.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. African American creativity in music and literature during the Harlem Renaissance

It shows the image of the new, spiritual and sophisticated African American that was a concept seen frequently during the Harlem Renaissance.