Mural painting and social revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940 : art of the new order / Leonard Folgarait.
1998
ND2644 .F63 1998 (Mapit)
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Mural painting and social revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940 : art of the new order / Leonard Folgarait.
Author
Folgarait, Leonard.
ISBN
0521581478 (hardback)
9780521581479 (hardback)
9780521581479 (hardback)
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Call Number
ND2644 .F63 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification
751.7/3/097209041
Summary
Mural Painting and Social Revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940 is the first full-length account of this major movement in the history of Modernism. Following the Revolution of 1910, Mexican society underwent a profound transformation in every sector of political and cultural life. Mexican artists participated in this social revolution during a vital two-decade period through public art programs funded by the government and other institutions. Applying a social-historical methodology, Leonard Folgarait examines this phenomenon and focuses on the mural paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David Siqueiros produced during this period.
He provides an in-depth analysis of the form and meaning of these mural cycles, while documenting the system of patronage, the critical connections between state policy and aesthetics, and the visual strategies devised by patrons and artists in order to maximize the impact of these propagandistic images.
He provides an in-depth analysis of the form and meaning of these mural cycles, while documenting the system of patronage, the critical connections between state policy and aesthetics, and the visual strategies devised by patrons and artists in order to maximize the impact of these propagandistic images.
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He provides an in-depth analysis of the form and meaning of these mural cycles, while documenting the system of patronage, the critical connections between state policy and aesthetics, and the visual strategies devised by patrons and artists in order to maximize the impact of these propagandistic images.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
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Table of Contents
Ch. 1. The system. Ch. 2. What is a mural? Ch. 3. The first murals. Ch. 4 Revolution as ritual: Diego Rivera's National Palace stairway mural. Ch. 5. A mural for the electrical workers.