Greater American camera : making modernism in Mexico / Monica Bravo.

Main entry:

Bravo, Monica, 1982- author.

Title & Author:

Greater American camera : making modernism in Mexico / Monica Bravo.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
©2021

Description:

xv, 239 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The American artist" : Edward Weston, muralism, and mestizaje -- Photopoetry : Tina Modotti's art of propaganda -- Native land and a usable past : Paul Strand in concert -- "Souvenir du Mexique" : Helen Levitt and the surrealism of the streets.

Summary:

Photographers Edward Weston, Tina Modotti, Paul Strand, and Helen Levitt were among the U.S. artists who traveled to Mexico during the interwar period seeking a community more receptive to the radical premises of modern art. Looking closely at the work produced by these four artists in Mexico, this book examines the vital role of exchanges between the expatriates and their Mexican contemporaries in forging a new photographic style. Exploring how these dialogues resulted in a distinct kind of modernism characterized by inter-American interests, it reveals the ways in which cross-border collaboration shaped a new "greater American" aesthetic.

ISBN:

030025363X (hardback)
9780300253634 (hardback)

Subject:

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958 Criticism and interpretation.
Modotti, Tina, 1896-1942 Criticism and interpretation.
Strand, Paul, 1890-1976 Criticism and interpretation.
Levitt, Helen Criticism and interpretation.
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958
Strand, Paul, 1890-1976
Modotti, Tina, 1896-1942
Levitt, Helen
Photography, Artistic 20th century.
Photography Mexico History 20th century.
Modernism (Art) Mexico.
Photographers United States Mexican influences.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie artistique 20e siècle.
Photographie Mexique Histoire 20e siècle.
Modernisme (Art) Mexique.
Photographes États-Unis Influence mexicaine.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Modernism (Art)
Photography
United States
Mexico

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library study room photo 310089
Call No.: TR28 .B73 2021
Status: Available

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