Art and revolution / by David Alfaro Siqueiros ; [translation made from the original Spanish texts by Sylvia Calles].

Main entry:

Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974.

Title & Author:

Art and revolution / by David Alfaro Siqueiros ; [translation made from the original Spanish texts by Sylvia Calles].

Publication:

London : Lawrence and Wishart, 1975.

Description:

224 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
This collection of articles, speeches, and letters is based on the author's L'art et révolution published in 1973.
This collection of articles, speeches, and letters is based on the author's L'art et la révolution published in 1973.
Translation from the original Spanish texts by Sylvia Calles.
Introduction : some questions about mural art in Mexico -- The historical process of modern Mexican painting -- A new direction for the new generation of American painters and sculptors -- A declaration of social, political and aesthetic principles -- New thoughts on the plastic arts in Mexico -- What "plastic exercise" is and how it was done -- Towards a transformation of the plastic arts -- Letter from the front line in Spain To Mari Teresa Leon de Alberti, April 27th, 1938 -- War time, war art -- Jose Clemente Orozco, the formal precursor of our painting -- Atl, the political and theoretical precursor -- Rivera, the first practical exponent of our art -- The function of the photograph -- National cinema : true or false? -- The creed of David Alfaro Siquieros -- Towards a new integral art -- Plastic integration in the University City -- Chapters from the book How to paint a mural -- Towards realism in the plastic arts -- The salutary presence of Mexican art in Paris -- Open letter to Soviet painters, scupltors and engravers -- Plastic arts and revolution in Latin America -- Precepts of David Alfaro Siqueiros.

ISBN:

0853153299
9780853153290

Subject:

Siqueiros, David Alfaro.
Mural painting and decoration, Mexican.
Art and revolutions Mexico.
Peinture et décoration murales mexicaines.
Art et révolutions Mexique.
Art and revolutions
Beeldende kunsten.
Mexico
Mexican visual arts ca 1920-1974

Form/genre:

Books.

Added entries:

Siqueiros, David Alfaro. Art et la révolution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 119947
Call No.: ID ND2644.S5; ID:96-B3828
Status: Available

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