Alfredo Boulton

Author : Ariel Jiménez
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN 13 : 9780870707100
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alfredo Boulton and His Contemporaries written by Ariel Jiménez and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfredo Boulton (1908-1995) was Venezuela's foremost cultural and aesthetic observer of the 20th century. An art critic, cultural historian and photographer, he was highly influential in the development of modernist art and discourse, and of cultural self-definition, in Venezuela and the surrounding region. Boulton's diverse contributions serve as a point of departure in this remarkable selection of art-historical and critical texts by many of the prominent Latin American thinkers of this period, figures whose works and ideas helped to shape the face of contemporary Venezuela. Through the manifestos, correspondences and critical writings of these notable voices of the day, this anthology traces Venezuela's struggle toward modernity and toward a successful, autonomous identify on the international cultural scene. In addition to historical writings, the volume includes newly written critical and explanatory essays by contemporary scholars, providing context and insight to these significant texts that have become constant reference points for generations of artists, critics and art historians.

Author : Idurre Alonso
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606068202
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alfredo Boulton written by Idurre Alonso and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume examines the work of the Venezuelan photographer and art historian Alfredo Boulton, one of the main intellectuals of Latin American modernity. Alfredo Boulton (1908–1995) is considered one of the most important champions of modern art in Venezuela and a key intellectual of twentieth-century modernism. He was a pioneer of modern photography, an art critic, a researcher and historian of Venezuelan art, a friend to many of the great artists and architects of the twentieth century, and an expert on the imagery of the heroes of his country’s independence. Yet, Boulton is shockingly underrecognized outside of his native land. The few exhibitions related to his work have focused exclusively on his photographic production; never has there been a project that looks at the full range of Boulton’s efforts, foregrounding his influence on the shaping of Venezuelan art. This volume addresses these lacunae by analyzing Boulton’s groundbreaking photographic practice, his central role in the construction of a modern national artistic canon, and his influence in formalizing and developing art history and criticism in Venezuela. Based on the extensive materials held in Boulton’s archive at the Getty Research Institute, Alfredo Boulton brings together essays by leading scholars in the field to offer a commanding, original perspective on his contributions to the formation of a distinctive modernity at home and beyond. This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center from August 29, 2023, to January 21, 2024.

Author : Alexander Alberro
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022639400X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abstraction in Reverse written by Alexander Alberro and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in several different cities radically altered the nature of modern art. Reimagining the relationship of art to its public, these artists granted the spectator an unprecedented role in the realization of the artwork. The first book to explore this phenomenon on an international scale, Abstraction in Reverse traces the movement as it evolved across South America and parts of Europe. Alexander Alberro demonstrates that artists such as Tomás Maldonado, Jesús Soto, Julio Le Parc, and Lygia Clark, in breaking with the core tenets of the form of abstract art known as Concrete art, redefined the role of both the artist and the spectator. Instead of manufacturing autonomous art, these artists produced artworks that required the presence of the spectator to be complete. Alberro also shows the various ways these artists strategically demoted regionalism in favor of a new modernist voice that transcended the traditions of the nation-state and contributed to a nascent globalization of the art world.

Author : Alfredo Boulton
Publisher : Rm
ISBN 13 : 9788415118848
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alfredo Boulton moderno, 1928/1944 written by Alfredo Boulton and published by Rm. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfredo Boulton (1908-1995), art critic, historian, and photographer, was one of twentieth-century Venezuela's most prominent intellectuals. Considered a touchstone in the art history of Venezuela and Latin America, Boulton is also remembered for his role as a patron of the arts. Nevertheless, his large body of photographic work, focusing mostly on the people, landscapes, art, and history of Venezuela, is little known. This book centers specifically on Boulton the modern artist through his photographic work from 1928 to 1944, collected in albums he himself designed as tools for selecting and viewing images. Through a selection of photographs and the reproduction of fifty full pages from the albums, all representative of Boulton's early work, the reader discovers the singularity of an oeuvre that put the international language of modern photography at the service of an americanista vision of Venezuela. The volume includes texts by Juan Manuel Bonet, Luis Pérez-Oramas, and Sofía Vollmer Maduro, which will contribute to a fuller understanding of the work of this great photographer.

Author : Richard Plunz
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 1568984464
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caracas Litoral, Venezuela written by Richard Plunz and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Caracas Litoral, Venezuela looks at the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities facing the reconstruction of coastal communities near Caracas, after mudslides devastated these areas in December 1999. Already in the midst of informal land development, affluent weekend residents from Caracas had awkwardly occupied this dramatic and precarious strip of coastland between the Gulf of Mexico and the Avila Mountain--"also shared with the national airport and second largest seaport. In a city where most of the urban population lives in informal housing, the contested nature of redevelopment--"emergent social, economic, and cultural patterns confronting traditional patterns of settlement--"could easily be predicted. Fully bilingual, in English and Spanish, this book explores opportunities that unite the various constituencies through innovative programming, sustainable geological/hydrological infrastructure, and economically viable housing and commercial development.

Author : Alfredo Boulton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789802598649
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alfredo Boulton, 91 written by Alfredo Boulton and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Elderfield
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
ISBN 13 : 9780870707117
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Armando Reverón written by John Elderfield and published by The Museum of Modern Art. This book was released on 2007 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword by Glenn D. Lowry. Text by John Elderfield, Luis Perez-Oramas.

Author : Lisa Blackmore
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822982366
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spectacular Modernity written by Lisa Blackmore and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2017-07-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In cultural history, the 1950s in Venezuela are commonly celebrated as a golden age of modernity, realized by a booming oil economy, dazzling modernist architecture, and nationwide modernization projects. But this is only half the story. In this path-breaking study, Lisa Blackmore reframes the concept of modernity as a complex cultural formation in which modern aesthetics became deeply entangled with authoritarian politics. Drawing on extensive archival research and presenting a wealth of previously unpublished visual materials, Blackmore revisits the decade-long dictatorship to unearth the spectacles of progress that offset repression and censorship. Analyses of a wide range of case studies—from housing projects to agricultural colonies, urban monuments to official exhibitions, and carnival processions to consumerculture—reveal the manifold apparatuses that mythologized visionary leadership, advocated technocratic development, and presented military rule as the only route to progress. Offering a sharp corrective to depoliticized accounts of the period, Spectacular Modernity instead exposes how Venezuelans were promised a radically transformed landscape in exchange for their democratic freedoms.

Author : Idurre Alonso
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606068199
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alfredo Boulton written by Idurre Alonso and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume examines the work of the Venezuelan photographer and art historian Alfredo Boulton, one of the main intellectuals of Latin American modernity. Alfredo Boulton (1908–1995) is considered one of the most important champions of modern art in Venezuela and a key intellectual of twentieth-century modernism. He was a pioneer of modern photography, an art critic, a researcher and historian of Venezuelan art, a friend to many of the great artists and architects of the twentieth century, and an expert on the imagery of the heroes of his country’s independence. Yet, Boulton is shockingly underrecognized outside of his native land. The few exhibitions related to his work have focused exclusively on his photographic production; never has there been a project that looks at the full range of Boulton’s efforts, foregrounding his influence on the shaping of Venezuelan art. This volume addresses these lacunae by analyzing Boulton’s groundbreaking photographic practice, his central role in the construction of a modern national artistic canon, and his influence in formalizing and developing art history and criticism in Venezuela. Based on the extensive materials held in Boulton’s archive at the Getty Research Institute, Alfredo Boulton brings together essays by leading scholars in the field to offer a commanding, original perspective on his contributions to the formation of a distinctive modernity at home and beyond.

Author : Ann Stromberg
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610446968
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Philanthropic Foundations in Latin America written by Ann Stromberg and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1956-12-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a directory of the rapidly expanding philanthropic foundations in Latin America, identifying over 750 foundations and presenting detailed information on 364 of them. In addition, the directory contains an introduction that analyzes historical data on Latin American foundations, a country-by-country summary of legal processes regarding foundations and pertinent tax laws, two essays by North and South American foundation presidents discussing the organization and management of private foundations, and an appendix with models of bylaws and financial statements of Latin American foundations.