Cuban art in the 20th century : cultural identity and the international avant garde /

Cuban art in the 20th century : cultural identity and the international avant garde /

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Imprint:	Tallahassee, FL : Florida State University, College of Fine Arts, [2016] ©2016
Description:	112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Art, Cuban -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Art, Cuban. Art, Modern. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11394797

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Varying Form of Title:	Cuban art in the twentieth century Cultural identity and the international avant garde
Other authors / contributors:	Fernández, Segundo J., organizer, writer of added text. Martínez, Juan A., writer of added text. Niell, Paul B., 1976- writer of added text. Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, issuing body.
ISBN:	9781889282329 1889282324
Notes:	Catalog of the exhibition of the same name, held at the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts from February 12 to March 27, 2016. Maps on inside covers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31).
Summary:	Cuban Art in the Twentieth Century is an historical progression of works by important artists from a complex modern movement described by several discrete periods: Colonial, Early Republic, First Generation, Second Generation, Third Generation, Late Modern, and Contemporary Periods. The Cuban modern art movement consists of a loose group of artists, divided into generations, who counted on the moral support of an intellectual elite and who had minimal economic help from the private and public sectors. In spite of a fragile infrastructure, this art movement, along with similar movements in literature and music, played a major role in defining Cuban culture in the twentieth century.

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Summary:	Modern Cuban art emerged in Havana in 1927 and matured during the next two decades. Its inception is mainly defined by a rupture with academic art, the appropriation of European avant-garde formal inventions, and the subjective symbolization of national ethos. In the 1940s a new generation of artists expanded their artistic sources to include popular art and explored new symbols of collective identity. By the 1950s a third generation of modernist artists abandoned figuration, the representation of Cuban themes, and turned to abstraction and introspection.<br> <br> Cuban Art in the Twentieth Century is an historical progression of works by important artists from a complex modern movement described by several discrete periods: Colonial, Early Republic, First Generation, Second Generation, Third Generation, Late Modern, and Contemporary Periods. The Cuban modern art movement consists of a loose group of artists, divided into generations, who counted on the moral support of an intellectual elite and who had minimal economic help from the private and public sectors. In spite of a fragile infrastructure, this art movement, along with similar movements in literature and music, played a major role in defining Cuban culture in the twentieth century.<br> <br> Segundo J. Fernandez is an art collector and guest curator. Juan A. Martínez is professor emeritus of art and art history at Florida International University and the author of several books, including Cuban Art and National Identity: The Vanguardia Painters, 1927-1950. Paul Niell is assistant professor in art history at Florida State University.<br>
Item Description:	Catalog of the exhibition of the same name, held at the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts from February 12 to March 27, 2016. Maps on inside covers.
Physical Description:	112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31).
ISBN:	9781889282329 1889282324