Figures
Which artist contributed the most to the Argentine avant-garde?
Xul Solar
Which Latin American avant-garde was the only one to be funded by their government?
Mexico
How did men's and women's Surrealism differ?
Women focused on emotion/expression & men focused on the mystical.
Anthropophagic
Cultural cannibalism: The idea of eating European cultures and transforming them into something uniquely Brazilian.
"I want to be the painter of my country."
Tarsila do Amaral
Which artist made: Historia de México de la conquista hacia el futuro?
Diego Rivera
What movements were most influential to the Brazilian avant-garde?
Cubism, Futurism
How did European Modernism influence Latin American Modernism?
Latin American artists used European Modernism to build their own cultural identity that reflected the modern age.
Primitivism
Art that draws inspiration from pre-industrial/non-Western cultures in an appropriative way.
"To create is to live twice" first in the mind, then in reality"
Ruben Dario
Which two artists were married?
Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo
In literature and art, the Latin avant-garde developed 2 approaches. What were they?
1. National Identity
2. Cosmopolitain
What was Latin American Modernism's most defining characteristic?
There were no defining characteristics.
Manifesto
A public declaration of policies and aims.
“Columbus did not discover, he verified and identified, mutilated and reduced.”
Andrea Giunta