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Latin American Modernism
This is a catchall phrase that includes the many developments in art across Latin America in the first eight decades of the 20th century. Latin America broadly refers to the countries in the Americas (including the Caribbean) whose national language is derived from Latin (Spanish, Portuguese, and French). The collective experiences of conquest, slavery, and imperialism inform the artwork of these countries throughout this period.
Basics to get you started
Mexican Muralism: Los Tres Grandes—David Alfaro Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, and José Clemente Orozco
International Style architecture in Mexico and Brazil
The origins of modern art in São Paulo, an introduction
Frida Kahlo, an introduction
Breaking the Frame – the Concrete Art Movement
Painting in an Industrial Age – the Concrete Art Movement
The Challenge of a Straight Line – the Concrete Art Movement
Geometric Abstraction in South America, an introduction
Scenes of the Alameda Central of Mexico City
Graciela Iturbide, Photographing Mexico
Performance art, an introduction
The Case for Performance Art
Art Appreciation: Nature—comparisons and connections
Latin American art, an introduction
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Diego Rivera, Man Controller of the Universe (or Man in the Time Machine), 1934, fresco, 4.85 x 11.45 m (Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
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![Wifredo Lam, The Eternal Presence (also known as The Eternal Present [Homage to Alejandro García Caturla]), 1944, oil and pastel over papier-mâché and chalk ground on bast fiber fabric, 216.5 x 195.9 cm (Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design)](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/51891552083_29084852e7_o-copy-2048x878.jpg)
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