arts, modern

Provides an overview of the history and culture of El Salvador, and includes discussion of the country's society and economy, religion, education, entertainment, literature, media, and visual and performing arts.

Profiles the cultural, geographic, and ethnic diversity of Ecuador and provides information on the country's history, religious institutions, literature, social customs, media, and visual and performing arts.

Introduces the history, geography, and economy of Columbia, and provides information about the country's religion, social customs and daily life, performing arts, literature, and other topics.

Provides an overview of the history and culture of Chile, and includes discussion of the country's religion, society, broadcasting and print media, literature, performing arts, and art and architecture.

Documents the diverse contributions that African Americans have made to American culture. Highlights internationally known figures in the arts as well as lesser-known artists.

Discusses the characteristics of the Impressionist and Post-impressionist movements of the latter half of the nineteenth century and presents some of the major artists, writers, and composers that flourished in that period.

Looks at the many artists, photographers, choreographers, musicians, composers, poets, writers, and other creative people who made Harlem such an amazing place in the 1920s and 1930s.

Chronicles the early twentieth-century artistic and intellectual revolution in black America.

Presents overviews of several aspects of the Harlem Renaissance including its beginnings, fiction, poetry, performing and visual arts, nightlife, and its end, reprinting many primary works of Harlem Renaissance artists and thinkers; profiles fifteen figures from the movement; and includes reference materials including a time line, glossary, and further resource list.