San Antonio College Library

Reproduces Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals in detail and provides documentary photographs and information on the creation of the murals.

Interviews with some of the major artists responsible for the more than 100 murals documented on the walls of the Texas town since the early 1990's, and color photographs of paintings going back to 1979, some of which are now gone. The artists include names familiar in the art world such as Manuel Acosta and Mago Gandara, but also many who were elementary or high-school students at the time and guided by professional painters.

Blending political and art history, this program charts the evolution of Mexican muralism through the masterpieces that decorate landmarks in and around Mexico City and in the U.S. After studying the artwork of the pre-Columbian era, the colonial period, and 19th-century artists, the focus shifts to the 20th century, in which social unrest and muralism flourished side by side. The works of Orozco, Rivera, and Sequeiros are examined in depth along...

From the Dust Jacket: Mural painting has always been the art form most characteristic of Mexico. From the prehistoric rock paintings of Sonora to the sophisticated mural art of Teotihuacan and the Maya city of Bonampak, the language of color was the means of communication of many Mexican civilizations, and writing existed only in the form of painted (or carved) hieroglyphs. As the author of this book shows in a fascinating analysis of Aztec oral literature,...