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This is a brief overview of the career of the Canadian-born, American abstract expressionist painter Philip Guston. The discussion begins by contextualizing Guston's work within the era in art history in which he painted, with particular attention given to issues pertaining to the Cold War. Guston began as a social realist but gradually evolved into an abstract artist, a development which the article carefully tracks. Guston is presented as an artist who was particularly touched by the times in which he lived, as his work was informed by domestic & international issues as diverse as the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War, & the Vietnam War. The discussion concludes with a summation of Guston's universal tragic sense. R. Young

This is a critical appraisal of the work of Albrecht Altdorfer, as seen within the context of his painting depicting Alexander the Great's victory at the Battle of Issus. While the case can certainly be made that Altdorfer is notable for being the first European painter to compose independent landscapes, he is every bit as notable for belonging to two distinct schools of painting simultaneously, the stylistically distinct schools of Flanders & Italy. After placing Altdorfer within these contexts, the article uses his Issus landscape as a springboard for a discussion of the nexus between art & politics in his work. The discussion concludes with an overview of the critical reception of Altdorfer's work through the centuries. R. Young

Cet ouvrage rend hommage aux nombreuses écrivaines, dramaturges, comédiennes, peintres et musiciennes portugaises qui, au cours des XIXème et XXème siècles, se sont imposées dans un univers fortement masculin. Sur le plan symbolique, elles étaient renvoyées à leur image de muse, de compagne ou de collaboratrice dévouée. Encore aujourd'hui, elles pâtissent d'un manque indéniable de reconnaissance. Tout en travaillant les questions de visibilité et d'invisibilité artistique, les auteures évoquent plusieurs figures caractéristiques et occultées.000

A first-hand account of life in the streets of São Paulo from 1955 to 1960, details the plight of an artist, writer and single mother of three children who, while living in a hovel, supported her family by digging through the garbage for paper and scraps to sell

"By examining the work of a large number of photographers of immigrant families, the author documents the social uses and artistic dimensions of photography in Brazil from approximately 1890-1930. Supplemented with testimonies of travelers and artists such as Richard Burton and Jean Baptiste Debret, who describe everyday life in 19th-century Brazil. Also uses methods of visual anthropology to achieve a better understanding of historical photography. Includes bibliography and many reproductions"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

Inter(ação) educativa do Instituto Frei Tito de Alencar = Educational inter(action) of Instituto Frei Tito de Alencar -- Sala Escura da Tortura : Nunca Mais = Dark Room of Torture : Never More -- Marcas da Memória : um projeto de memória e reparação coletiva para o Brasil = Marcas da Memória : a project of collective memory and reparation for Brazil -- "Bem, o pau de arara é assim..." = "Well, the parrot's perch is like this..." -- Frei Tito : memória e mistério = Friar Tito : memory and mystery -- A ditadura militar e a tortura no Brasil = The military dictatorship and torture in Brazil -- A Anistia possível da Lei 6.683/79 = The possible Amnestesy of Law 6.683/79 -- Relato da torura de Frei Tito = Friar Tito's statement on his torture -- Os artistas = The artists -- As obras de arte = Works arts