Making the Americas modern : hemispheric art, 1910-1960 / Edward Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Edward J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernism (Art)--America--20th century.

Modernism (Art).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Laurence King Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

This book presents an audacious account of the ways in which the arts in the Americas were modernized during the first half of the twentieth century. Rather than viewing modernization as a steady progression from one 'ism' to another, Edward J. Sullivan adopts a comparative approach, drawing his examples from North America, the Caribbean, Central and South America. By considering the Americas in this hemispheric sense he is able to tease out many stories of art and focus on the ways in which artists from different regions not only adapted and experimented with visual expression, but also absorbed trans-national as well as international influences. He shows how this rich diversity is most evident in the various forms of abstract art that emerged throughout the Americas and which in turn had an impact on art throughout the world.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Prologue: Fragmentary Histories of Hemispheric Art, 1910-1960

Chapter 1: The Expanding Mind: Symbolist Imagery in the Americas

Chapter 2: A Sense of Place: Landscapes, Cityscapes, and Topographies of the Self

Chapter 3: Visualizing Blackness in the Americas

Chapter 4: Cross-Border Dialogues

Chapter 5: Labor, Anxiety, and a New Social Order

Chapter 6: The Liberated Line: Toward Abstracted Form

Chapter 7: The Cube, Sphere, and Cone: Constructed Abstractions in the Americas

Chapter 8: Modern Visionaries and the Intuitive Imagination

Epilogue: Into the Future

Endnotes

Further Reading

Index

Picture Credits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-78627-465-5

OCLC:

1180975030