Critical study ranges from pre-Columbian times through the 20th century to explore Mexico's intrinsic association between art and religion; the role of iconography in Mexican art; and the return to native values. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1929 edition. 118 black-and-white illustrations.
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This book is of course dated, but it's well wort the read anyways. The Mexican muralists were so deeply tied to Mexico's revolutionary culture that having a contemporary account of their place in society such as this provides a unique source for understanding the relationship between art and society in that period. Later accounts may be more objective, but it's precisely Ms. Brenner's being caught up in the times that makes the book so interesting. She knew all these people and she was in a unique position to describe the movement to the english speaking world.
The book is very well written. Brenner is a very polished writer. Her prose is very well crafted. The downside to the book is that it is written before many of the most important works of artists she writes about were executed. Also her emphases at time to seem slightly askew. For example her chapter on Goitia seems rather odd given the way in which he has become such a minor figure over the intervening years.
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