Mexican Muralism: A Critical History [Paperback]

In this comprehensive collection of essays, three generations of international scholars examine Mexican muralism in its broad artistic and historical contexts, from its iconic figuresDiego Rivera, Jos? Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquierosto their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. These muralists conceived of their art as a political weapon in popular struggles over revolution and resistance, state modernization and civic participation, artistic freedom and cultural imperialism. The contributors to this volume show how these artists murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by the many different forms of modernity that emerged throughout the Americas during the twentieth century.

Alejandro Anreusis Associate Professor of Art History and Latin American Studies at William Paterson University. He is the author ofOrozco in Gringoland: The Years in New York.

Leonard Folgaraitis Professor of Art and Art History at Vanderbilt University and the author ofMural Painting and Social Revolution in Mexico, 1920-1940: Art of the New Order.

Robin Adele Greeleyis Associate Professor of Art History and Latin American Studies at the University of Connecticut and the author ofSurrealism and the Spanish Civil War.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction
Robin Ad?le Greeley

Part 1. Mexican Muralism: Beginnings, Development, Ideologies, and National Responses

1. Muralism and the State in Post-Revolution Mexico 1920  1970
Robin Ad?le Greeley

2. Los Tres Grandes: Ideologies and Styles
Alejandro Anreus

3. All Mexico on a Wall: Diego Riveras Murals at the Ministry of Public Education
Mary K. Coffey

4. Siqueiros Communist Proposition for Mexican Muralism: A Mural for the Mexican Electricians Syndicate
Jennifer A. Jolly

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