Literality and the modes of modern art

Authors

  • Artur Freitas

Abstract

What we call “modern art” has two modes of existence: “autonomy” and “literality.” This article examines only the literalist mode by mapping various historiographical and theoretical ways of aesthetic literality in the early twentieth century. The text begins with a presentation of ideological and aesthetic features of modernism and then analyses a few artistic examples that showcase the major expedients of literality: montage and ready-made.

Keywords: modern art; literality; art and society.

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Author Biography

  • Artur Freitas
    Doutor em História pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Professor do curso de Artes Visuais da Faculdade de Artes da Universidade Estadual do Paraná (Unespar) e do Programa de Pós-graduação em História da UFPR. Autor, entre outros livros, de Arte de guerrilha: vanguarda e conceitualismo no Brasil. São Paulo: Edusp, 2013.

Published

2016-06-17