DIEGO RIVERA; THE DETROIT INDUSTRY MURALS.

Downs, Linda Bank. The Detroit Institute of Arts. [Diego Rivera, 1886-1957.]

ISBN 10: 0393045293 / ISBN 13: 9780393045291

Published by Detroit, MI - New York, London: The Detroit Institute of Arts in association with W.W. Norton & Company, 1999., 2016

About this Item

202 pages. Paperback: H 30.5cm x L 19.75cm. Glossy paper covers lightly rubbed; a few scuffs at edges; light creasing to front cover's bottom fore-edge corner. Touch of soiling to text block's bottom edge. Light soiling at top of title page but interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Large color foldout (showing the mural's North and South walls) present in pocket affixed to rear cover's blank recto. Laid-in between pages 94-95 is folded double-sided exhibition sheet regarding the murals at The Detroit Institute of Arts. ISBN 0393045293.

Seller Inventory # PXZP-19981

Bibliographic Details

• Title: DIEGO RIVERA; THE DETROIT INDUSTRY MURALS.
• Publisher: Detroit, MI - New York, London: The Detroit Institute of Arts in association with W.W. Norton & Company, 1999.
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393045293
• ISBN 13: 9780393045291
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

A beautifully illustrated in-depth study of the most important North American work by the best-known Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera.

Early in the Depression, Diego Rivera was commissioned by Edsel Ford to create a series of murals in the gallery of the Detroit Institute of Arts, giant frescos whose theme would be America’s industrial might. This volume studies the astonishing results and gives us a remarkably close look at Diego and his wife, Frida Kahlo.

Rivera’s Detroit Industry murals are one of this country’s greatest treasures. In addition to providing full coverage and analysis of the murals, the book includes chapters on the murals’ planning and antecedents, Rivera’s working methods (which can be read as a primer on frescos), Diego and Frida’s lives for their nine months in Detroit, and the public’s dramatic response to the strong socialist/communist themes in the works.

About the Author

Linda Bank Downs is executive director of the College Art Association. She formerly served as curator of education at the Detroit Institute of Arts and head of education at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.