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Seminar in Art History: Twentieth Century Art. V. Disaster. 1930-1939. Depression Declaration. Pablo Picasso, Guernica , Spain, 1937. Robert Capa, Death of a Loyalist , 1936. Mexican Muralism. Diego Rivera, 1921 returns to Mexico from France
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Seminar in Art History: Twentieth Century Art V. Disaster 1930-1939 Depression Declaration
Mexican Muralism • Diego Rivera, 1921 returns to Mexico from France • Response to Mexican Revolution that had recently ended (begun in 1910) • Rivera ends his cubist period and becomes influenced by Italian Fresco painting
Diego Rivera, Creation, Bolivar Amphitheater, National Preparatory School, Mexico City, 1922-23
Subterranean Forces, Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo Chapel, Chapingo, Mexico, 1926
Rivera, Blood of the Martyrs Fertilizing the Earth, Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo Chapel, Chapingo, Mexico, 1926
Rivera, The History of Mexico, National Palace, Mexico City, 1929-35
Rivera, The History of Mexico, National Palace, Mexico City, 1929-35
Rivera, The History of Mexico, National Palace, Mexico City, 1929-35
Vera Mukhina, Worker and Collective Farm Woman, Moscow, 1936
John Heartfield, Swallows Gold and Utters Base Metal, Germany, 1932
American RegionalismSocial Realism • Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry, Edward Hopper, Balthus • 1930s-50s • Reaction to Modernism of Europe and New York • Influenced by Mexican Muralism • Regionalism reveals conservative Midwestern values • Social Realism depicts urban reality
Margaret Bourke-White, At the Time of the Louisville Flood, 1937
Surrealism • France: André Breton, René Magritte, Max Ernst • Spain: Juan Miró, Salvador Dalí • 1924-1960s • Result of the move of many Dada artists to Paris after WWI; influenced by Dada’s rejection of logic. • Influenced by Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams, 1900, and an interest in understanding human behavior; depicts fascination with the occult.
Max Ernst, The Elephant of Celebes, German, 1921
Max Ernst, Two Children Threatened by a Nightengale, German, 1924