Select several works of art that reflect cultural evolution and progress, and cultural regression and degeneration? It has been said that many forms of art, from poetry to music, contribute to the way we feel, think and see, and helps us to discover the hidden beauty of art. Oftentimes, art provides a historical connection to social and secular ideas. The messages in these ideas serve many purposes, whether it is rhetorically, visually or politically saying …showed first 75 words of 3378 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3378 total…and insider in relation to Africanist life and culture" (Gottchild 83). As a result, the culture being represented was slighted. However some black actors bought into this ideology in order to find work; thus, realizing that acting jobs were scarce and that the minstrels represented aesthetic racism within the paradigm of its form. Black actors had no choice but to work minstrel shows imitating the imitators and play roles, which mirrored a distorted reflection of themselves.