Week One Readings and Videos
Readings
Chapter 1 Muralism and the State in Post-Revolution Mexico 1920-1970 by Robin Adele Grealey1 .pdf Download Chapter 1 Muralism and the State in Post-Revolution Mexico 1920-1970 by Robin Adele Grealey1 .pdf
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Chapter 2- Los Tres Grandes by Alejandro Anreus.pdf Download Chapter 2- Los Tres Grandes by Alejandro Anreus.pdf
Mexican Muralists Readings (Download these PDF's)
Mexican Muralists Introduction and Chapter 1 spdf.pdf Download Mexican Muralists Introduction and Chapter 1 spdf.pdf
Mexican Muralists Chapter Two.pdf Download Mexican Muralists Chapter Two.pdf
Begin reading My Art, My Life: An Autobiography. (Read at your own pace)
Historical murals that depict Mexican History Links to an external site.
Historical Corridos Links to an external site. this site is in Spanish but you can hear the music
Articles
Communist Manifesto Links to an external site., by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels (Read the first section)
(read introduction and first two chapters)
The Cosmic Race, Links to an external site. by Jose Vasconcelos- This article was highly influential on the mural movement of the 1920s and also the Chicano movement of the 1960s.
Optional online readings:
Rivera biography Links to an external site.
Ten days That Shook the World Links to an external site.by John Reed
View these videos
REQUIRED: Rivera in America Video Links to an external site.
Optional but Highly recommended
The Wind That Swept Mexico
Links to an external site.
The Women Soldiers of the Revolution/Las Soldaderas
Links to an external site.