| Description |
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
World of art |
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World of art.
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| Contents |
1. Forerunners and independents -- 2. The first modern movements -- 3. Mexican muralism -- 4. Muralism beyond Mexico -- 5. The exiles -- 6. Mexico : four women and one man -- 7. A climate of change -- 8. Geometric abstraction -- 9. Informal abstraction -- 10. Expressionist tendencies -- 11. Realism, pop art and surrealism -- 12. The present day |
| Summary |
This book introduces an exceptionally rich, fascinating and complex art. The author discusses major subjects and issues: Magic Realism, Expressionism and other concepts shared with Latin American literature; the great muralists Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozco; the interaction of politics, society and art; the continuing interest in folk art; and the dialogue between avant-garde European and North American movements and 'indigenist' thinking in the work of artists such as Wildreo Lam, Matta, Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo. In this revised edition, a new final section presents the leading artists of today, some of whose work in the fields of interactive installation, photography and video art reveals a continent embracing the experimental and the new |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography, pages 216-218 |
| Subject |
Art, Latin American -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
2002109034 |
| ISBN |
0500203563 |
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