Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 188 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

1. This book is about the graphic work in Colombia of the Hungarian mechanical engineer and draftsman Péter Áldor, providing biographical information, and illustrating his artistic life before his arrival in Colombia and familiarizes readers with his drawing technique and themes. It also shows the active role he played in the strategy of the newspaper El Tiempo to express their anti-communism much more through graphics than through the written text, since his ingenuity, talent and professionalism were excellent virtues used in order to contribute to the expansion of an anti-communist consciousness among Colombians. Thanks to Áldor's caricatures, the reader will perceive the presence in Colombia of the intensity of the Cold War in the world and the hot war in Colombia, and how from its traces emerges a deep ethical proposal to save humanity through Christianity.

Subject

1. Aldor, Peter, 1904-1976
2. Caricatures and cartoons > Colombia > History and criticism
3. Graphic arts > Colombia > History and criticism
4. Mechanical engineers > Colombia
5. Caricatures et dessins humoristiques > Colombie > Histoire et critique
6. Arts graphiques > Colombie > Histoire et critique
7. Ingénieurs mécaniciens > Colombie
8. Caricatures and cartoons
9. Graphic arts
10. Mechanical engineers
11. Colombia

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Introducción -- Colombia en la mira -- En suelo abonado de anticomunismo -- El aterrizaje en el diario El Tiempo o Áldor entre dos guerras: la fría y la caliente -- Áldor: pintor, ilustrador y moderno -- Perón y el peronismo en la caricatura de Áldor -- Áldor a sus anchas en El Mercurio -- Conclusión.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188).