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"Nowhere but in Mexico has history been painted as superbly; nowhere else have outspokenly polemical painters, like Rivera and Siqueiros, produced such great art. The art of revolution and the revolution of art seem, in this time and place, to have nurtured one another. For in Latin America, art and literature are the shared possessions of all social and educational levels"--Container.
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"A publication of the Frederick and Jan Mayer Center for Pre-Columbian and Spanish Colonial Art at the Denver Art Museum."/ "Published on the occasion of the Painting a New World exhibition organized by the Denver Art Museum, April 3-July 25, 2004"--T.p. verso./ Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-319) and index.
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Fine annotated catalogue from the exhibition of the Andrés Blaisten private art collection that contains approximately 650 masterpieces of Mexican art from the 19th and 20th centuries. Introductory studies by Fausto Ramírez and James Oles. The edition gathers 80 key works by more than 40 Mexican artists of the early twentieth century--a period of immense creativity in the region, driven in part by the desire of its artists to forge an aesthetic...
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Best known for her engaging portraits and sensuous still lifes, Mexican artist Maria Izquierdo (1902-1955) created a remarkable body of work that is deeply personal and profoundly affecting; yet she has often been overlooked amid the muralists who were her contemporaries.
While European modernism was important to Izquierdo, Mexico's traditional culture, popular arts, and rural landscapes provided her with a lifelong source of subjects. Her numerous...
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The painter Frida Kahlo's life and art reflected the maelstrom of revolution and culture that defined the first half of the 20th century in her native Mexico and around the world. She was at times a socialist, a communist, and a revolutionary. This program presents her life as a reflection of her cultural history, her art, and the times in which she lived. The film combines her artwork with photographs, archival films, and interviews.
12) Diego Rivera
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A biography of the Mexican artist who wanted to bring art to the masses through the medium of murals.
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The self-portraits of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo are renowned for their dream-like quality and emotional intensity. A passionate woman endowed with an indomitable spirit, Kahlo overcame injury and personal hardship to become one of the world's most important female artists. Celebrated by the surrealists in her own lifetime, she has attained cult-like status both for her extraordinary art and her tempestuous love-life with her husband, Diego Rivera,...
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The tradition of portraiture in Latin America is astonishingly long and rich. For over 2,000 years, portraits have been used to preserve the memory of the deceased, bolster the social standing of the aristocracy, mark the deeds of the mighty, advance the careers of politicians, record rites of passage, and mock symbols of the status quo. This beautiful and wide-ranging book-the first to explore the tradition of portraiture in Latin America from pre-Columbian...
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Few forms of religious folk art are as abundant or expressive as Mexican retablos - folk images painted on sheets of tin that are offered as votives of thanks to Christ or the Virgin Mary for a miracle granted or a favor bestowed. In this vivid study, Jorge Durand and Douglas Massey offer a multilayered analysis of retablos created by Mexican migrants to the United States. Richly illustrated with forty color photographs, this book will appeal to those...
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