Diego Rivera - The Detroit Industry Murals

Early in the Depression, Diego Rivera was commissioned by Edsel Ford to create a series of murals in the gallery of the Detroit Institute of Arts, giant frescos whose theme would be America's industrial might. This volume studies the astonishing results and gives us a remarkably close look at Diego and his wife, Frida Kahlo.

Rivera's Detroit Industry murals are one of this country's greatest treasures. In addition to providing full coverage and analysis of the murals, the book includes chapters on the murals' planning and antecedents, Rivera's working methods (which can be read as a primer on frescos), Diego and Frida's lives for their nine months in Detroit, and the public's dramatic response to the strong socialist/communist themes in the works.

About the author

Linda Bank Downs is executive director of the College Art Association. She formerly served as curator of education at the Detroit Institute of Arts and head of education at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Downs, Linda Bank Downs, Linda Bank (National Gallery of Art) Downs, Downs Linda Bank
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780393045291
• ISBN: 978-0-393-04529-1
• Dimensions: 206 mm x 315 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 1300 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; USA, ART / History / General, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, ART / American / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, United States of America, USA, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Paintings and painting