8 inches W x 7

This second edition reflects the explosion of new research

also providing a great source for references in the field

Rebecca Peabody is head of Research Projects and Programs at the Getty Research Institute

Aristide Maillol often used the female form to symbolize aspects of nature such as the sea

Purity Is a Myth: The Materiality of Concrete Art from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay Images in the Margins 8 inches W x 7Edited by Zanna Gilbert, Pia Gottschaller, Tom Learner, and Andrew Perchuk Presenting new scholarship, this publication is an innovative technical study of the Concrete art movement in Latin America. Purity Is a Myth presents new scholarship on Concrete art in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay from the 1940s to the 1960s. Originally coined by the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg in 1930, the term concrete denotes abstract painting with no reference to