LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES APRIL 11, 2011. BLACKBOARD CONFIGURATION Do Now: Reflecting on the Mexican Revolution, what are its core values? Objectives: 1.To.

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESAPRIL 11, 2011

BLACKBOARD CONFIGURATION

Do Now: Reflecting on the Mexican Revolution, what are its core values?

Objectives:

1. To discuss the muralism movement in the 1920s

2. To analyze the National Palace mural

3. 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

REVIEW

1. 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 OROZCO

Main 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 SIQUEIROS

Main 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 classmates

2. Give your classmates some background/context information

3. 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