This edited volume examines the history of abstract art across Latin America after 1945. This form of art grew in popularity across the Americas in the postwar period, often serving to affirm a sense of being modern and the right of Latin America to assume the leading role Europe had played before World War II. Latin American artists practiced gestural and geometric abstraction, though the history of art has favored the latter. Recent scholarship, for instance, has focused on geometric abstraction from Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela. The book aims to expand the map and consider this phenomenon as it developed in neglected regions such as Central America and the Andes, investigatinghow this style came to stand in for Latin American contemporary art.
| ISBN: | 9780367787004 |
| Publication date: | 31st March 2021 |
| Author: | Mariola V Alvarez, Ana M Franco |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 246 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Art History |
| Genres: |
Theory of art Ethnic studies Far-left political ideologies and movements Political structures: democracy Social and political philosophy History of the Americas History of art Regional / International studies |
This edited volume examines the history of abstract art across Latin America after 1945. This form of art grew in popularity across the Americas in the postwar period, often serving to affirm a sense of being modern and the right of Latin America to assume the leading role Europe had played before World War II. Latin American artists practiced gestural and geometric abstraction, though the history of art has favored the latter. Recent scholarship, for instance, has focused on geometric abstraction from Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela. The book aims to expand the map and consider this phenomenon as it developed in neglected regions such as Central America and the Andes, investigatinghow this style came to stand in for Latin American contemporary art.
New Geographies of Abstract Art in Postwar Latin America features in the following genres: Theory of art, Ethnic studies, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political structures: democracy, Social and political philosophy, History of the Americas, History of art, Regional / International studies
New Geographies of Abstract Art in Postwar Latin America is available in Paperback, Hardback
New Geographies of Abstract Art in Postwar Latin America was written by Mariola V Alvarez, Ana M Franco and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
New Geographies of Abstract Art in Postwar Latin America has 246 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Research in Art History series
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