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Art manifestos


  • Here are entered works on formal written declarations about the goals, opinions, or policies of an artist, artists' group, or artistic movement. Works on brief descriptions or explanations of an artist's work and/or the theoretical concepts on which the work is based are entered under [Artists' statements.]

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    • Art manifestoes
    • Artistic manifestoes (Artists' writings)
    • Artistic manifestos (Artists' writings)
    • Manifestoes, Art
    • Manifestos, Art

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    • found: Work cat.: 2016018378: Manifestos and polemics in Latin American modern art, 2017:CIP t.p. (manifestos) galley (Manifesto of the Grupo Minorista, Havana, May 7, 1927; Madí Manifesto by Gyula Kosice; [others])
    • found: Art in Latin America, 1989:contents (manifestos)
    • found: BHA and RILA, May 24, 2016(summary: art manifestos; subjects: manifestoes)
    • found: Britannica online, May 24, 2016under Manifesto (artistic manifestos)
    • found: Google scholar search, May 24, 2016(art manifestos; artistic manifestos)
    • found: Oxford art online search, May 24, 2016(artistic manifestos)
    • found: Wikipedia, May 24, 2016(Art manifesto; public declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an artist or artistic movement. Manifestos are a standard feature of the various movements in the modernist avant-garde and are still written today)
    • found: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Sept. 14, 2017(manifesto plural manifestos or manifestoes: a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer)
    • found: Art & architecture thesaurus online, Sept. 14, 2017(manifestoes. UF manifestos. SN Formal written declarations, promulgated by a sovereign or by the executive authority of a state or nation, such as to proclaim its reasons and motives for declaring a war, or other international action; also public declarations or proclamations of political, social, artistic, or other principles. BT declaratory documents)

  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on formal written declarations about the goals, opinions, or policies of an artist, artists' group, or artistic movement. Works on brief descriptions or explanations of an artist's work and/or the theoretical concepts on which the work is based are entered under [Artists' statements.]

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    • Note under [Artists' statements]

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  • Change Notes

    • 2016-05-24: new
    • 2021-11-23: revised

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