{"product_id":"cuba-art-and-history-from-1868-to-today-9783791343945","title":"Cuba: Art and History from 1868 to Today","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow available in a paperback edition  this sumptuous survey of Cuban art reveals the development of a distinct national identity and serves as an illustrated narrative of the country s colorful past and present.Cubas artistic tradition is as rich as its history  though its treasures are rarely appreciated outside of the country. This catalog  which accompanied an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts  gathers paintings  drawings and photography from Cuba done over the past century and a half. In addition to hundreds of works on paper  it features revealing photographs-some never before published-that record the countrys wars of independence and revolution  its utopian endeavors and social realities. Numerous essays explore aspects of the Cuban visual arts such as nineteenth-century landscapes and photojournalism  the burgeoning of the arte nuevo period  Wifredo Lams seminal African-inspired images  the creation of the famed collective mural  Castro-era poster art and the emergence of a new generation of artists. This book chronicles a unique culture of synthesis  born at the crossroads of Europe  Africa and the Americas  and whose art bears witness to important historical events of the past 150 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647594291253,"sku":"ByrdShop_3791343947","price":174.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783791343945.jpg?v=1781694914","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/cuba-art-and-history-from-1868-to-today-9783791343945","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}