THE "MARTINFIERRISTAS" AND ARGENTINE ART OF THE TWENTIES. (VOLUMES I AND II).
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Title
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THE "MARTINFIERRISTAS" AND ARGENTINE ART OF THE TWENTIES. (VOLUMES I AND II).
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Identifier
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AAI8629668
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identifier
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8629668
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Creator
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BARNITZ, JACQUELINE.
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Contributor
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Rose-Carol Washton Long
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Fine Arts
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Abstract
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Although Mart(')in Fierro (1924-1927) was one of many literary journals published in Buenos Aires during the twenties, it was the only one to feature art criticism and to defend vanguard artists. Five artists in particular became affiliated with the journal and its writers: the painters Emilio Pettoruti, Xul Solar, Norah Borges, sister of Jorge Luis Borges, Pedro Figari (an Uruguayan), and the sculptor Pablo Curatella-Manes.;When Pettoruti first exhibited Cubist paintings in 1924, they created such a controversy that they had to be placed under glass to protect them from vandalism. Curatella-Manes' Cubist sculpture was subjected to similar scorn. Xul Solar, a writer, mystic and linguist as well as painter of curious cryptic images, wrote for Mart(')in Fierro and influenced the writers, especially his friend Borges. Norah Borges contributed to Mart(')in Fierro as an illustrator and Figari co-founded Amigos del Arte, a gallery which became a major outlet for the van- guard. Without Mart(')in Fierro's support and role as a cohesive force among intellectuals, it would have been difficult for these artists to find acceptance in Argentina. The fact that all of them had spent many years in Europe before 1924 is reflected in their art. Yet com- mon denominations exist in their work which reflect their own culture rather than that of Europe. The purpose of this study is to identify these characteristics on the basis of Mart(')in Fierro's contents, objec- tives, polemics, manifesto of 1924 as well as of the literature con- temporary with the art. Argentine art terminology of the twenties, the intellectuals' response to Futurism, Surrealism and Marinetti's 1926 visit are also examined.;Although a great number of works on Mart(')in Fierro and the artists have been published since the sixties, there has never been an analysis of the Argentine vanguard of the twenties as a whole. Key sources for this study are Cordova Iturburu's La Revolucion Mart(')infierrista (1962), the collective writings by the art critic Alfredo Chiabra Acosta (Atalaya), Cr(')iticas del arte argentino 1920-1932 (1934) and numerous accounts by the poets and Pettoruti. Articles and editorials in Mart(')in Fierro made it possible to reconstruct and document the cultural highlights of the period.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Art History
