
Cuba
Art and History from 1868 to Today
Nathalie Bondil(Editor)
Prestel (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 2008
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-3-7913-4019-7 (ISBN)
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Description
Cuba's artistic tradition is as rich as its history, though its treasures are rarely appreciated outside of the country. This catalog, accompanying an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, gathers paintings, drawings and photography from Cuba done over the past century and a half. In addition to hundreds of works on paper, it features revealing photographs??????some never before published??????that record the country's wars of independence and revolution, its utopian endeavours and social realities. Numerous essays explore aspects of the Cuban visual arts such as nineteenthcentury landscapes and photojournalism, the burgeoning of the arte nuevo period, Wifredo Lam's seminal Africaninspired images, the creation of the famed collective mural, Castro-era poster art and the emergence of a new generation of artists. This book chronicles a unique culture of synthesis, born at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and whose art bears witness to important historical events of the past 150 years.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Illustrations
450 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 240 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-4019-7 (9783791340197)
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09/2009
Prestel
€39.95
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