Diego Rivera, the complete murals / Luis-Martín Lozano, Juan Coronel Rivera ; photography by Rafael Doniz and Francisco Kochen ; edited by Benedikt Taschen ; [English translation, Mary Blackman, Deirdre MacCloskey].
Publisher:
Taschen,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
672 p. (some folded) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 45 cm.
Translation of: Diego Rivera, obra mural completa. Translators from colophon. Includes bibliographical references (p. 663-665) and index.
Contents:
Creation (Old College of San Ildefonso, Mexico) / Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera -- Political vision (Ministry of Public Education, Mexico) / Renato González Mello -- Song to the earth and those who labor thereon (Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, Mexico) / Luis-Martín Lozano -- Visions of the history of Mexico (Palacio Nacional and Palacio de Cortés, Mexico) / Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera -- Revolutions and allegories (Mexico and San Francisco) / Luis-Martín Lozano -- Mexico and the United States (The panels for the Museum of Modern Art, New York) / Marina Vázquez Ramos -- The industry of Detroit (The Detroit Institute of Arts) / Laura González Matute -- Man at the crossroads (Rockefeller, New York; Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico) / Catha Paquette -- Portrait of America (New Workers' School, New York) / James Wechsler -- The fight against Fascism (Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico; San Francisco City College / Luis-Martín Lozano -- Metaphorical readings on history (Palacio Nacional, Museo Mural and Teatro de los Insurgentes, Mexico / Nadia Ugalde Gómez -- War, peace and victory (Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow) / Ana Isabel Pérez Gavilán Ávila -- Art before science and medicine (National Institute of Cardiology and La Raza Medical Center, Mexico) / María Estela Duarte Sánchez -- The origin of life (Museo Anahuacalli, Cárcamo of the River Lerma and Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico) / Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera -- Easel painting / Luis-Martín Lozano and Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera -- Chronology of the artist and his murals / Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, Luis-Martín Lozano and María Estela Duarte Sánchez.
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