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LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESAPRIL 11, 2011
BLACKBOARD CONFIGURATIONDo Now: Reflecting on the Mexican Revolution, what are its core values?
Objectives:1. To discuss the muralism movement in the 1920s2. To analyze the National Palace mural3. To set up the muralism movement in the 1920s
Homework: Progress report presentation due Wednesday, 4/13
MURALISM:THE BIG 3
SPRING TRIMESTER, UNIT 1: MEXICAN REVOLUTION
REVIEW1. What happened to Carranza and his government?
2. What were the main contributions of the government of Obregón?
3. Who was Lazaro Cardenas and why was he significant?
4. What was the PRN? Why was it so important?
5. How did the relationship between Mexico and the United States develop?
RECAP• José Vasconcelos created the Secretariat of Public
Education in 1921
• Patron for the Mexican mural movement
• The Big Three• Diego Rivera• David Alfáro Siqueiros• José Clemente Orozco
SECRETARIAT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION• Created to disseminate revolutionary ideas
• Cultural patronage
• Artists limited by preferences of government
WHAT IS A MURAL?With a partner, come up with answers to the following three questions:
• What is a mural—how do you define it?
• Who decides the meaning of a mural?
• How is the space important?
MAJOR THEMES OF MURALS• Revolutionary values
• Indigenous life
• A narrative of Mexican history
• The Mexican Revolution
QUOTE, EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH
“Muralism’s significance lies in the stress it
lays on the continuing viability of public art
which is given a new role by being made to
activate the search for national and cultural
identity and convey political ideology”
DIEGO RIVERA• Main themes
• History of Mexico• Industrialization and society
Famous murals• La historia de Mexico, National Palace, 1929-1930, 1935• Secretariat of Public Education, 1922-1928• National School of Agriculture, Chapingo, 1925-1927• Cortes Palace, Cuernavaca, 1929-1930• Detroit Industry, Detroit, MI, 1932-1933• Man, Controller of the Universe, Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico
City, 1934
MAN, CONTROLLER OF THE UNIVERSE
NATIONAL PALACE• Rivera’s most well known mural in Mexico
• Chronicles the history of Mexico
• Spans back wall of staircase
JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCOMain themes:
• Colonization and oppression• History of Mexico
Famous murals:• Hospicio Cabañas• Palace of Fine Arts• Casa de los Azulejos• Jalisco Government Palace, Guadalajara
HOSPICIO CABAÑAS• Built in the early 1800s to
provide care and shelter for the disadvantaged
• Chapel decorated by Orozco’s murals• Cover all the walls and
the ceiling
EL HOMBRE DEL FUEGO
CEILING
DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROSMain themes
• Goals of the Revolution• Oppression of the working classes
Famous murals• El pueblo a la universidad, la universidad al pueblo,
National Autonomous University of Mexico, 1952-1956• Secretariat of Public Education• Palace of Fine Arts• Cuauhtemoc contra el mito, Tecpan
COMO SE PINTA UN MURAL, SIQUEIROS“[The style could be a consequence of the social function of
the mural, of the modern material techniques that demand a
modern mural work, understanding through these material
techniques the tools such as the materials, the principles
and the scientific methods of perspective composition. And
when we say that the mural could be a consequence of its
social function, we indicate that the mural will not only be a
product of the artistic creator, like the creator team, but also,
and in a determinant manner, of its corresponding public.]”
HOMEWORKProgress presentation due Wednesday, 4/13
What you need to do:1. Share your topic with your classmates2. Give your classmates some background/context information3. Explain why you think your topic is significant in its context
You do not need to make a powerpoint if you don’t want to; the presentation needs to last about 5 minutes
This will be a quiz grade