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Mexican muralist, international marxist : David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1941-74 /

"David Alfaro Siqueiros was perhaps the most important communist painter of the twentieth century. This book, the first sustained engagement with Siqueiros's work in the English language, focuses on the artist's late murals, which are both aesthetically innovative and politically prov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Swope, Curtis (Author)
Other Authors: Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Siqueiros, David Alfaro, > 1896-1974 > Criticism and interpretation.
Communism and art.
Muralists > Mexico.
Painters > Mexico.
Communists > Mexico.
Muralistes > Mexique.
Peintres > Mexique.
Communisme et art.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The war murals
  • 2. CuauhtĂ©moc in the time of Stalin
  • 3. Transition, contradiction, innovation
  • 4. History at Chapultepec
  • 5. Science, revolution and revision
  • 6. Old left, new left and national culture at the Jorge Negrete Theater
  • 7 Waiting for revolution
  • Conclusion.