Mexican painters : Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros and other artists of the social realist school
by
Helm, MacKinley, 1896-1963.
Title
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Mexican painters : Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros and other artists of the social realist school
Author
:
Helm, MacKinley, 1896-1963.
ISBN
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9780486260280
Personal Author
:
Helm, MacKinley, 1896-1963.
Publication Information
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New York : Dover Publications, 1989.
Physical Description
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xxi, 205 pages, 82 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
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Dover books on art, art history
Dover books on art.
General Note
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"This Dover edition, first published in 1989, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Harper & Brothers in 1941 under the title Modern Mexican painters and first reprinted by Dover in 1974"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Contents
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Helm explores the strong, artistic tradition of Mexican artists, their work, the social and political background, and the relationship of the modern painters to European and Mexican historical traditions.
Dr. Atl, the St. John Baptist of Mexican art -- The first frescoes -- Diego Rivera -- José Clements Orozco -- Siqueiros and the younger muralists -- A skipable chapters on what to look for in pictures -- Neoclassicism -- Mexicanism -- Abstraction, somnambulism and surrealism -- The print-making artists -- Epilogue.
Subject Term
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Painting, Mexican -- 20th century.
Social realism.
Painters -- Mexico.