The long roots of formalism in Brazil
The present studies on Brazilian modern art seek to specify some of the dominant contradictions of capitalism's combined but uneven development as these appear from the global 'periphery'. The grand project of Brasilia is the main theme of the first two chapters, which treat the ìdea...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill
2017.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Historical Materialism Book Ser. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42545948*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements (and Some Welcome Words to the Reader); Credits; Introduction (Potts); Part 1. From Formation to Dismantling; Chapter 1. Strategies of Occupying Space in Brazil, from Tarsila to Oiticica; Chapter 2. 'Free Form': Brazilian Mode of Abstraction or a Malaise in History; Chapter 3. All This Geometry, Where Does It Come from, Where Does It Go?; Chapter 4. Trees of Brazil; Chapter 5. The Situation of Art and the 'Pensée Unique'; Chapter 6. Formation and Dismantling of a Brazilian Visual System; Part 2. From Dismantling to Struggle.
- Chapter 7. From the Debate about Formation to Strike as FormationChapter 8. The Indignity of São Paulo; Chapter 9. Art against the Grain; Part 3. Against Formalism: Art, History and Criticism; Chapter 10. Work, Art and History: A Counterpoint between Periphery and Centre; Chapter 11. Notes on Modernisation, from the Periphery: On David Craven's 'Alternative Modernism'; Chapter 12. Art as Work (Interview); Chapter 13. International Benefit Society of Friends of Form and Bulletin on the Brazilian Division; Index of Artworks, Architectural Works and Songs Cited; Bibliography; Index.
