Cuba : art and history, from 1868 to today
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Cuba : art and history, from 1868 to today
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts , Prestel, c2008
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Cuba : art et histoire de 1868 à nos jours
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Catalogue of the exhibition held at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavillon Jan. 31-Jun. 8, 2008
"This catalogue accompanies the exhibition presented by the Montreal Museum of Fines Arts in partnership with the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Fototeca de Cuba in Havana."--Backcover
Issued also in French under title: Cuba : art et histoire de 1868 à nos jours
Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-[423]) and index
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: Prestel ISBN 9783791340197
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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: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ISBN 9783791343945
Description
Cuba's artistic tradition is as rich as its history, though its treasures are rarely appreciated outside of the country. This catalog, which accompanied 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 endeavors and social realities. Numerous essays explore aspects of the Cuban visual arts such as nineteenth-century landscapes and photojournalism, the burgeoning of the arte nuevo period, Wifredo Lam's seminal African-inspired 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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