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Latin American Art of the 20th Century

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ISBN-10: 0500202605

ISBN-13: 9780500202609

Edition: 1993

Authors: Edward Lucie-Smith

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This compelling survey introduces an exceptionally rich, fascinating and complex art. Edward Lucie-Smith 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 Wifredo Lam, Matta, Rufino Tamayo and Frida Kahlo. A new final section presents the leading artists of today, some of whose work in the fields of interactive installation,…    
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Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.25" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Edward Lucie-Smith is the author of several books, among them Sexuality in Western Art, Symbolist Art, Latin American Art of the Twentieth Century, and The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms, all published in the World of Art series.

Introductionp. 7
Forerunners and Independentsp. 21
The First Modern Movementsp. 37
Mexican Muralismp. 49
Muralism Beyond Mexicop. 69
The Exilesp. 79
Mexico: Four Women and One Manp. 96
A Climate of Changep. 110
Geometric Abstractionp. 121
Informal Abstractionp. 144
Expressionist Tendenciesp. 152
Realism, Pop Art and Surrealismp. 165
The Present Dayp. 187
Select Bibliographyp. 216
List of Illustrationsp. 218
Indexp. 222
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