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Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil Hardcover – October 31, 2017

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An exploration of the innovative, quintessentially Brazilian painter who merged modernism with the brilliant energy and culture of her homeland

Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973) was a central figure at the genesis of modern art in her native Brazil, and her influence reverberates throughout 20th- and 21st-century art. Although relatively little-known outside Latin America, her work deserves to be understood and admired by a wide contemporary audience. This publication establishes her rich background in European modernism, which included associations in Paris with artists Fernand Léger and Constantin Brancusi, dealer Ambroise Vollard, and poet Blaise Cendrars. Tarsila (as she is known affectionately in Brazil) synthesized avant-garde aesthetics with Brazilian subjects, creating stylized, exaggerated figures and landscapes inspired by her native country that were powerful emblems of the Brazilian modernist project known as Antropofagía.
 
Featuring a selection of Tarsila’s major paintings, this important volume conveys her vital role in the emerging modern-art scene of Brazil, the community of artists and writers (including poets Oswald de Andrade and Mário de Andrade) with whom she explored and developed a Brazilian modernism, and how she was subsequently embraced as a national cultural icon. At the same time, an analysis of Tarsila’s legacy questions traditional perceptions of the 20th-century art world and asserts the significant role that Tarsila and others in Latin America had in shaping the global trajectory of modernism.

Distributed for the Art Institute of Chicago


Exhibition Schedule:

Art Institute of Chicago
(10/08/17–01/07/18)

Museum of Modern Art
(02/11/18–06/03/18)

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    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Publication date
    October 31, 2017
  5. Dimensions
    10 x 1 x 12.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0300228619
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0300228618
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Stephanie D’Alessandro is the former Gary C. and Frances Comer Curator of International Modern Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Luis Pérez-Oramas is the former Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art for the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art.
 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Art Institute of Chicago (October 31, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300228619
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300228618
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 1 x 12.5 inches
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Rechell
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Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2018
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Beautiful artist! Learning techniques and becoming more authentic with my artwork
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Gonch888
5.0 out of 5 stars Review of icon
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2018
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Erudite publication featuring one of Brazil ‘s most famous artists
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Barbara Brunot
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Illustrations
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018
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bookwomen37
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Illustrated Biography
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2018
I really enjoyed reading and learning about Tarsila do Amaral. This biography traces her life and art through Brazil and Europe. The text is accompanied by lots of illustrations. I really enjoyed seeing the sketches and work in progress for many of her paintings. Hopefully this book will make her and her work more well known. Enjoy
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Sergi
5.0 out of 5 stars Tarsila de Amaral is the Picasso of Brazil
Reviewed in Canada on August 30, 2019
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Well it is actually a rare book to find I could not find it in Brazil and this is where I lived,I had to sentir to Canada because very often there are problems with the Mail in Brazil
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João Paulo Ausechi
5.0 out of 5 stars incredible book
Reviewed in Germany on August 24, 2018
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The book rescues important works by Tarsila, which were exhibited in MOMA, the book presents the path that the artist spent in her life, which has the admiration of Brazilians and everyone.
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