Best places to start

• Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Harlem Renaissance visual art
• Shmoop.com entry on characteristics Harlem Renaissance Literature → also applies to visual art of the period
• Wikipedia entry on Harlem Renaissance → especially the sections 'Development' and 'Characteristics and Themes'   
  
  

Further introduction

• Wikipedia entry on African American art in general → especially the section 'Harlem Renaissance to Contemporary Art,' which places the Harlem Renaissance in context with the rest of Black Art  

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Artwork behind title: Archibald Motley's Street Scene, Chicago (detail) ​