Title: Mexican Muralism Movement Overview | TheArtStory
Headings: Mexican Muralism
Mexican Muralism
Mexican Muralism
"The artist must paint as he would speak. I don't want people to speculate what I mean, I want them to understand."
Summary of Mexican Muralism
Key Ideas & Accomplishments
Overview of Mexican Muralism
Key Artists
José Clemente Orozco
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Important Art and Artists of Mexican Muralism
The Creation (1922)
Los Danzantes de Chalma (1922)
The Banquet of the Rich (1923-24)
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"Do you wish to see with your own eyes the hidden springs of the social revolution? Look at the frescoes of Rivera. Do you wish to know what revolutionary art is like? Look at the frescoes of Rivera." 3 of 11
Leon Trotsky
"Art is a weapon that penetrates the eyes, the ears, the deepest and subtlest human feelings." 4 of 11
"I set to work consciously to over-power the ornamentation of the room." 5 of 11
"As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those who wanted me to paint not what I saw but what they wished me to see." 6 of 11
"Errors and exaggerations do not matter. What matters is boldness in thinking with a strong-pitched voice, in speaking out about things as one feels them in the moment of speaking; in having the temerity to proclaim what one believes to be true without fear of the consequences."