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THE SPANISH NIGHT
FLAMENCO, AVANT-GARDE AND POPULAR CULTURE 1865-1936 |
| By: |
Cesar Antonio Molina, Georges Didi-Huberman, Jody Blake |
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Paperback |
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£51.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
8480263725 |
| ISBN 13: |
9788480263726 |
| Publisher: |
MUSEO NACIONAL CENTRO DE ARTE REINA SOFIA MINISTERO DE CULTURA |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2008 |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Synopsis: |
Coinciding with the diffusion of cubism and with the arrival of artists fleeing war to the Iberian Peninsula, such as Gleizes, Picabia, and the Delaunays, Spanish dance emerges as a model for abstract and decorative rhythm. Numerous artists used the dancer's image to disarrange the figure, traveling from figuration to stylization or abstraction: among them, Picasso, Severini and Lipchitz. The same follows for the guitar, an element in numerous compositions, which is not foreign for its identification to the feminine body. Culturally Spanish subject matters, or castizo themes, were turned into a successful genre, between the advertising and tourist gaze, studies on folklore and reflections on identity. They were also years of fiestas and excesses, and flamenco made its appearance in many of these. Costumes and cross-dressing often acquire a Spanish character. Flamenco, understood as modern popular culture, and the artistic avant-garde movements emerge at the end of the nineteenth century.In 1865, Aedouard Manet traveled to Spain to see up-close the works of his Spanish teachers, and cantaor Silverio Franconetti returned to Seville to lay down the bases for what would soon become flamenco song. During these years, the railroad line joining Andalusia to Madrid and Paris is completed, and movements announcing the First Republic gain territory. The bailaores are self-taught; their place of employment is the fiesta or live music cafes. |
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Spain |
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Ministero de Cultura |
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Non-returnable |
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