Kettenmann Andrea - Rivera - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Diego Rivera (1886 1957) is a loud presence on the art historical stage. With devout political principles and a turbulent romantic history he was at once husband and paladin of Frida Kahlo advocate and adversary of Stalin's Soviet Union and liberator and traitor of Leon Trotsky. Vibrant graphic and often monumental Rivera's paintings carry the same live political and passionate charge as his personal biography. Fusing European influences such as Cubism with a socialist ideology and an exaltation of Mexico's indigenous and popular heritage he created a new iconography for art history and for his country. He became one of the most important figures in the Mexican mural movement and won international acclaim for his public wall paintings in which he presented a utopian yet accessible vision of a post - revolutionary Mexico. In 1931, Rivera was the subject of Mo M a's second ever monographic exhibition. This book explores the unique blend of influence and ideology which secure Rivera's place as both a unique and a universal painter bound to the particular turbulent experience of early 20th century Mexico and yet preoccupied with subjects such as revolution and class inequity which continue to speak to us today.
Title: Rivera
Author(s): Kettenmann Andrea
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836504133
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 7/15/2015
Series: Basic Art
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs