Modernism in Latin America
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What term was used to refer to literary works in Hispanic Modernism?

  • Eurocentrismo
  • Modernismo (correct)
  • Colonialismo
  • Hispanismo
  • Where did many Latin American artists receive their formal education from in the late 1800s to mid-1900s?

  • Rome, Berlin, and Vienna
  • Paris, Madrid, and London (correct)
  • New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles
  • Athens, Istanbul, and Moscow
  • What was the goal of artists in modern Latin America?

  • To be a motivator of social change (correct)
  • To promote individualistic art without social context
  • To preserve traditional European art styles
  • To reject any influence from European art
  • What political event significantly impacted Latin American artists in the early twentieth century?

    <p>The Mexican Revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which ideology influenced the focus of Latin American artists on the effect of social changes?

    <p>Marxism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Latin American artists contribute to upon returning to their home countries?

    <p>Art conveying a Latin American identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term became synonymous with the art of the early twentieth century in Latin America?

    <p>Modernismo</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which artist developed a style named Constructive Universalism?

    <p>Joaquin Torres-Garcia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what year did Alvaro Obregon become President of Mexico?

    <p>1921</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who directed the minister of education to develop a Mexican mural program?

    <p>Alvaro Obregon</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which artist used the impulses of the primitive unconscious mind in their work?

    <p>Surrealist artists</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who addressed contemporary social issues in their work, which later became the primary subject matter of the Mexican muralists?

    <p>José Guadalupe Posada</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which country did Tarsila do Amaral study different movements in Europe?

    <p>Brazil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what year did Tarsila do Amaral return to Brazil after studying in Paris?

    <p>1924</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one primary subject matter of the Mexican muralists' work?

    <p>Contemporary social issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

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