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Avant-garde Art and Criticism in Francoist Spain (Value Art Politics LUP)
Paula Barreiro Lopez
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Description for Avant-garde Art and Criticism in Francoist Spain (Value Art Politics LUP)
Hardcover. This book is essential for understanding culture and the vanguard artistic production of the late Franco dictatorship, discussing the intellectual and cultural field as an important battlefield for fighting the dictatorship from within. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
This groundbreaking book surveys the shifts in the aesthetic discourse and artistic practises that decisively influenced the shaping of the avant-garde during Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975). On the basis of extensive, so far unpublished, archival material, it discusses the intellectual and cultural field as an important battlefield for fighting the regime from within. The study opens with a comprehensive historical overview on the cultural world from the end of the Spanish Civil War throughout Francoism and reveals for the first time the broader intellectual and cultural context of vanguard art considering the special relations and negotiation processes between artist, critics and ... Read more
This groundbreaking book surveys the shifts in the aesthetic discourse and artistic practises that decisively influenced the shaping of the avant-garde during Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975). On the basis of extensive, so far unpublished, archival material, it discusses the intellectual and cultural field as an important battlefield for fighting the regime from within. The study opens with a comprehensive historical overview on the cultural world from the end of the Spanish Civil War throughout Francoism and reveals for the first time the broader intellectual and cultural context of vanguard art considering the special relations and negotiation processes between artist, critics and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Value: Art: Politics
Condition
New
Weight
682g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781383223
SKU
V9781781383223
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About Paula Barreiro Lopez
Paula Barreiro López is lecturer at the Art History Department of the University of Barcelona (Ramón y Cajal programme) and head of research of Modernidades Descentralizadas. Since 2007 she has worked at several European research institutions and universities in France, the U.K., Switzerland and Spain. Her research focuses on art criticism, cultural networks and politics in Spain, Western Europe ... Read more
Reviews for Avant-garde Art and Criticism in Francoist Spain (Value Art Politics LUP)
Reviews 'A major contribution to Spanish art history scholarship, filling an important gap in the history of Spanish art, criticism, exhibitions and international networks of exchange during Late Francoism.' Dr Miriam M. Basilio, New York Associate Professor of Art History and Museum Studies 'With this book, Paula Barreiro López shows new ways of approaching these already known topics, analysing ... Read more