<P> There would be no uniting form singularly characterizing the art that emerged from the Harlem Renaissance . Rather, it encompassed a wide variety of cultural elements and styles, including a Pan-African perspective, "high - culture" and "low - culture" or "low - life," from the traditional form of music to the blues and jazz, traditional and new experimental forms in literature such as modernism and the new form of jazz poetry . This duality meant that numerous African - American artists came into conflict with conservatives in the black intelligentsia, who took issue with certain depictions of black life . </P> <P> Some common themes represented during the Harlem Renaissance were the influence of the experience of slavery and emerging African - American folk traditions on black identity, the effects of institutional racism, the dilemmas inherent in performing and writing for elite white audiences, and the question of how to convey the experience of modern black life in the urban North . </P> <P> The Harlem Renaissance was one of primarily African - American involvement . It rested on a support system of black patrons, black - owned businesses and publications . However, it also depended on the patronage of white Americans, such as Carl Van Vechten and Charlotte Osgood Mason, who provided various forms of assistance, opening doors which otherwise might have remained closed to the publication of work outside the black American community . This support often took the form of patronage or publication . Carl Van Vechten was one of the most noteworthy white Americans involved with the Harlem Renaissance . He allowed for assistance to the black American community because he wanted racial sameness . </P> <P> There were other whites interested in so - called "primitive" cultures, as many whites viewed black American culture at that time, and wanted to see such "primitivism" in the work coming out of the Harlem Renaissance . As with most fads, some people may have been exploited in the rush for publicity . </P>

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