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Mexico : a revolution in art, 1910-1940 / Adrian Locke.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Royal Academy of Arts, [2013]Description: 224 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1907533311
  • 9781907533310
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue: Unleashing the tiger -- Mexico in flames: 1910-1920 -- The return of the native: 1921-1928 -- The clash of sun and shadow: 1929-1934 -- Unadulterated artistic creation: 1935-1940.
Summary: In the first half of the 20th century Mexico was home to a burgeoning of art. This surge of artistic activity is the subject of this text, which presents the work of Mexican artists from social-realist painters to photographers alongside that of their international contemporaries who visited Mexico in search of inspiration, political sympathies or an alternative way of life.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Yellow 709.72 LOC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 08062

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Royal Academy of Arts, London, 6th July-29th September 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Unleashing the tiger -- Mexico in flames: 1910-1920 -- The return of the native: 1921-1928 -- The clash of sun and shadow: 1929-1934 -- Unadulterated artistic creation: 1935-1940.

In the first half of the 20th century Mexico was home to a burgeoning of art. This surge of artistic activity is the subject of this text, which presents the work of Mexican artists from social-realist painters to photographers alongside that of their international contemporaries who visited Mexico in search of inspiration, political sympathies or an alternative way of life.