Brazilian Woodcut Prints

Mark Dinneen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

156 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-96498-3 (ISBN)

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First published in 2001. The North East of Brazil is renowned for its rich and vibrant popular culture. The region's festivals, music, poetry and popular religious rituals have attracted increasing interest from around he world in recent decades, and the woodcuts that are the subject of this book are one of the most striking expressions of that cultural dynamism. They have been a significant art form in Brazil since the 1940s, when they began to be produced in large quantities as illustrations for the covers of cheap pamphlets of poetry sold in streets and markets throughout the North East, where they were known as Literatura de Cordel or 'string literature' - so-called because the pamphlets were frequently displayed on cords hung between posts. This work, the first detailed study of Brazilian woodcut prints in the English language deals with the origins and development of the art form, its themes, the traditions and culture of the Brazilian North East, social and political issues, humour and satire, all lavishly illustrated. As this superb study shows, the Brazilian woodcut print has all the power, quickness and wit of a great popular art.

Mark Dinneen is a lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Southampton.

1 Introduction 2 Religious Themes 3 Adventure, Romance and the Fantastic 4 Life, Traditions and Culture of the Brazilian North East 5 News and Social and Political Issues 6 Humour and Satire 7 Bandits

Erscheinungsdatum	26.01.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Malen / Zeichnen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-96498-0 / 1138964980
ISBN-13	978-1-138-96498-3 / 9781138964983
Zustand	Neuware