Twentieth-century art of Latin America / Jacqueline Barnitz.
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- ISBN: 0292708572 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
- ISBN: 0292708580 (paperback : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 400 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-372) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Modernismo and the break with academic art, 1890-1934 -- The avant-garde of the 1920s : cosmopolitan or national identity? -- Social, ideological, and nativist art : the 1930s, 1940s, and after -- Surrealism, wartime, and New World imagery, 1928-1964 -- Torres-García's constructive universalism and the abstract legacy -- New museums, the São Paulo Biennial, and abstract art -- Functionalism, integration of the arts, and the postwar architectural boom -- Geometric, optical, and kinetic art from the 1950s through the 1970s -- Concrete and neoconcrete art and their offshoots in the Brazilian context -- Neofiguration, representational art, pop, and environments : the 1960s and 1970s -- Graphic art, painting, and conceptualism as ideological tools -- Some trends of the 1980s. |
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Subject: | Art, Latin American > 20th century. |
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Table of Contents
Twentieth-Century Art of Latin America
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction and an Overview of the Nineteenth Century | ||
Part I | Modernismo and the Break with Academic Art, 1890-1934 | |
The Avant-garde of the 1920s: Cosmopolitan or National Identity? | ||
Social, Ideological, and Nativist Art: The 1930s, 1940s, and After | ||
Surrealism, Wartime, and New World Imagery, 1928-1964 | ||
Torres-GarcÃa's Constructive Universalism and the Abstract Legacy | ||
Part II | New Museums, the São Paulo Biennial, and Abstract Art | |
Functionalism, Integration of the Arts, and the Postwar Architectural Boom | ||
Geometric, Optical, and Kinetic Art from the 1950s through the 1970s | ||
Concrete and Neoconcrete Art and Their Offshoots in the Brazilian Context | ||
Neofiguration, Representational Art, Pop, and Environments: The 1960s and 1970s | ||
Political Art: Graphic Art, Painting, and Conceptualism as Ideological Tools | ||
Some Trends of the 1980s | ||
Notes | ||
Map | ||
Timeline | ||
Bibliography | ||
Index |