This bilingual book describes the numerous elements that have shaped the twentieth and twenty-first century art of Latin America. The work gives a brief history of Latin American art, defines the modernist movements and trends that surfaced in Paris in the early twentieth century, and traces the way Latin American artists adapted forms to express their own national culture. The main section is a list of significant artworks, each accompanied by biographical details from the artist's life, an explanation of the work's subject matter, and a discussion of the inspiration and meaning behind it.