Editing Venezuela (section)

=== Art ===
{{Main|Venezuelan art}}
[[File:Antonio Herrera Toro Autoretrato 1880.JPG|thumb|upright|right|[[Antonio Herrera Toro]], self portrait 1880]]

[[Venezuelan art]] was initially dominated by religious motifs. However, in the late 19th century, artists began emphasizing historical and heroic representations of the country's struggle for independence.{{sfn|Ng|2004|p=31}}{{sfn|Aponte|2008|p=45}} This move was led by [[Martín Tovar y Tovar]].{{sfn|Aponte|2008|p=45}}{{sfn|Tarver|Frederick|2006|p=10}} [[Modernism]] took over in the 20th century.{{sfn|Tarver|Frederick|2006|p=10}} Notable [[List of Venezuelan artists|Venezuelan artists]] include [[Arturo Michelena]], [[Cristóbal Rojas (artist)|Cristóbal Rojas]], [[Armando Reverón]], [[Manuel Cabré]]; the [[kinetic art]]ists [[Jesús-Rafael Soto|Jesús Soto]], [[Gego]] and [[Carlos Cruz-Diez]];{{sfn|Tarver|Frederick|2006|p=10}} and contemporary artists such as [[Marisol Escobar|Marisol]] and [[Yucef Merhi]].{{sfn|Fichner-Ratus|2012|p=519}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Silvera|first=Yohana|url=http://www.talcualdigital.com/Nota/41697/Poesia-En-Objetos|title=Poesía en objetos|publisher=TalCualDigital|date=10 June 2010|access-date=24 July 2015|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724162507/http://www.talcualdigital.com/Nota/41697/Poesia-En-Objetos|archive-date=24 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>