Product Description

This important and welcome volume is the first English-language anthology of writings on Latin American modern art of the twentieth century. The book includes some fifty seminal essays and documents-including statements, interviews, and manifestoes by artists-that encompass the broad diversity of this emerging field. Many of these materials are difficult to access and some are translated here for the first time. Together the selections explore the breadth and depth of Latin American modern art as well as its distinctive evolution apart from American and European art history. Included in this collection are fascinating ideas and insights on the impact of the avant-garde in the 1920s, the Mexican mural movement, Surrealism and other fantasy-based styles, modern architecture, geometric and optical art, concrete and neo-concrete art, and political conceptualism. For students and scholars of Latin American art, the volume offers an invaluable collection of primary and secondary sources.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #464863 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Patrick Frank is assistant professor of art history at the University of Kansas. He is the author of Posada's Broadsheets: Popular Imagery in Mexico City, 1890-1910, and the coauthor of Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts, now in its seventh edition.

Customer Reviews

Very cool book on Central American art and motifs
I love this book. There are all kinds of references to different works of art and contemporary plus modern art styles, they go into detail on what different elements mean, and that's helpful for people like me who are new at analysing art.