Latin American art of the 20th century / Edward Lucie-Smith.
By: Lucie-Smith, Edward.
Material type: BookSeries: World of art.Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1993Description: 216 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0500202605.Subject(s): Art, Latin American | Art, Latin American -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 709.8Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 709.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00059710 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A review in which Edward Lucie-Smith discusses major subjects and issues such as Magic Realism, Expressionism and other concepts shared with Latin American literature; the great muralists Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Jose Clemente Orozc; 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 styles of artists such as Wifredo Lam, Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 7)
- Chapter 1 Forerunners and Independents (p. 21)
- Chapter 2 The First Modern Movements (p. 37)
- Chapter 3 Mexican Muralism (p. 49)
- Chapter 4 Muralism Beyond Mexico (p. 69)
- Chapter 5 The Exiles (p. 79)
- Chapter 6 Mexico: Four Women and One Man (p. 96)
- Chapter 7 A Climate of Change (p. 110)
- Chapter 8 Geometric Abstraction (p. 121)
- Chapter 9 Informal Abstraction (p. 144)
- Chapter 10 Expressionist Tendencies (p. 152)
- Chapter 11 Realism, Pop Art and Surrealism (p. 165)
- Chapter 12 The Present Day (p. 187)
- Select Bibliography (p. 216)
- List of Illustrations (p. 218)
- Index (p. 222)