Mexican Muralists: Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros

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Los tres grandes: Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Now legendary, these men have emerged as the most prominent figures of the famed Mexican mural movement, which lasted from the '20s through the early '70s and was hailed as the most significant achievement in public art of the 20th century. The dramatic story of the movement is told here in a fascinating history of the artists, accompanied by over 100 spectacular color reproductions of the murals. Showcasing popular as well as ...
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Overview

Los tres grandes: Jose Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Now legendary, these men have emerged as the most prominent figures of the famed Mexican mural movement, which lasted from the '20s through the early '70s and was hailed as the most significant achievement in public art of the 20th century. The dramatic story of the movement is told here in a fascinating history of the artists, accompanied by over 100 spectacular color reproductions of the murals. Showcasing popular as well as lesser-known works from around the US and Mexico, this is the first high-quality paperback to do justice to a subject that will captivate every lover of Mexican art and culture, Rivera fan, and art historian, as well as anyone who appreciates a beautiful, intelligent art book.
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Follows the lives and works of the three most prominent artists of the Mexican mural movement, from their rural childhoods through the bloody years of the revolution to artistic maturity and prestigious commissions from the new state of Mexico. Text and stunning color reproductions locate the major murals in their cultural background and explore the artists' achievements within the political framework of their homeland. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780811819282
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
  • Publication date: 3/28/1998
  • Pages: 240
  • Sales rank: 283,957
  • Product dimensions: 9.50 (w) x 11.12 (h) x 0.75 (d)

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Desmond Rochfort is a scholar of Mexican murals and a public mural artist whose previous work includes The Murals of Diego Rivera. He lives in London.
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Table of Contents

Introduction 6
1 Culture and Revolution: The Politics of Context 11
2 Early Beginnings 23
3 The Murals of the 1920s: The Politics of Context 33
4 Rivera and Orozco in the 1930s: Re-envisioning Nationhood 83
5 The Technology of Utopia: Visions of Modernity 121
6 Orozco and Rivera: 1940-1957 161
7 Siqueiros, 1940-1971: The ideology of invention 185
Postscript 218
Notes 220
Bibliography 232
Index 235
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