Mexico
Subtitle: a revolution in art, 1910-1940
By: Adrian Locke
Contributors: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts; Distributed in the United States by Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781907533310; 9781907533303
Subjects: Art and state; Mexican Art; Exhibitions; History
Description: Illustrated with some 150 striking images, Adrian Locke's incisive text explores the artistic documentation of the dramatic changes wrought by the Mexican Revolution, the government's role in employing artists to promote its reforms, the emergence of a native modernism, and the remarkable contribution of European and American artists and intellectuals to Mexico's cultural renaissance.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940," Royal Academy of Arts, London, July 6-Sept. 29, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Unleashing the tiger; title: Mexico in flames: 1910-1920; title: The return of the native: 1921-1928; title: The clash of sun and shadow: 1929-1934; title: Unadulterated artistic creation: 1935-1940.