Mexican Muralism: A Critical History

In this comprehensive collection of essays, three generations of international scholars examine Mexican muralism in its broad artistic and historical contexts, from its iconic figures--Diego Rivera, Jos Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros--to 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.

Author: Alejandro Anreus
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09/08/2012
Pages: 394
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780520271623
ISBN10: 0520271629
BISAC Categories:
- Art | History | Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
- Art | Techniques | General
- Art | American | General

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

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

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