Modern Mexican Art

Catalog description

This undergraduate course is an in-depth look at the period known as the "Mexican Renaissance" when numerous artists, intellectuals, and government institutions responded to the goals, proposals, and failures of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), the first social uprising of the twentieth century. It will provide an overview of Mexican muralism and consider the role of diverse media (easel painting, graphic art, and photography) in expressing issues such as cultural nationalism, gender, class, and race in post-Revolutionary Mexican society. The course is organized as a series of classroom lectures based on slides and selected thematic and chronological topics. A field trip to the Orozco mural at the New School and/or a local museum and/or gallery will provide students with first-hand knowledge of the art under discussion.