Portuguese artists in London : shaping identities in post-war Europe /

"This book centres on four Portuguese artists' journeys between Portugal and Britain and aims at rethinking the cultural and artistic interactions in the post-war Europe, the shaping of new identities within a context of creative experimentalism and transnational dynamics and the artistic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oliveira, Leonor de (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2020.
Series:	Routledge research in art history.
Subjects:	Rego, Paula > Criticism and interpretation. Santos, Bartolomeu dos, > 1931-2008 > Criticism and interpretation. Cutileiro, João, > 1937- > Criticism and interpretation. Vieira, Jorge, > 1922-1998 > Criticism and interpretation. Cutileiro, João, > 1937- Rego, Paula. Santos, Bartolomeu dos, > 1931-2008. Vieira, Jorge, > 1922-1998. Nationalism and art > Portugal > History > 20th century. Expatriate artists > England > London. Artists > Portugal. Artists. Expatriate artists. Nationalism and art. England > London. Portugal. 1900-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Britain and Portugal
Universalism and modernity at the crossroads of the mid-twentieth century
Images of resistance : artistic apprenticeship and experimentalism at the Slade School
Expressions of contemporaneity : dealing with dictatorship and colonialism in the post-war period
Travelling images : exposing identity on the international stage
Collective imagery : a new iconography for new generations.