Artists from Latin American Cultures: A Biographical Dictionary [Hardcover]

Kristin G. Congdon (Author), Kara Kelley Hallmark (Author)

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Hardcover: 344 pages
Publisher: Greenwood Press (October 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0313315442
ISBN-13: 978-0313315442
Product Dimensions: 25 x 19.5 x 2.7 cm
Shipping Weight: 875 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,540,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Profiling twentieth-century artists in a variety of genres, this biographical dictionary contains 75 alphabetical entries with two or three pages of basic information (date and place of birth and death), genre, places to view artist's works, and a bibliography for further reading. The clear, well-written essays discuss societal influences such as culture, politics, language, and economics. When available, quotations from the artist have been provided. Artists from the U.S and 13 nations of Central and South American and the Caribbean and working in a variety of genres are included. Although many, such as Frida Kahlo, Wifredo Lam, and Diego Rivera, are well known, others are not as visible to the general public. Important works of each artist are described to help readers visualize them. Illustrations include black-and-white photographs in some of the entries and 13 color plates in the middle section of the book. Although many art terms are defined within the text, the glossary defines artistic styles and religious and political movements.

Artists from Latin American Cultures would be a useful tool in high-school, public, and undergraduate libraries seeking an introduction to Latin American art. It supplements related works such as the Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art (2000), the second publication in the Grove Library of World Art series, which not only includes artist biographies and influential art movements but also provides almost 500 illustrations and nearly 100 color plates. RBB
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"Though rarely featured in the heavily European canon of the academic are history curriculum, Latin-American artists have long produced distinctive works of great originality....[t]his guide provides a wonderful introduction to 130 years of incredible art."-Lawrence Looks at Books

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