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DIEGO RIVERA AND HIS WORKS:
http://www.diegorivera.com/ The Diego Rivera Web Museum - a virtual museum of Rivera and his works (Spanish and English versions) http://www.middlebury.edu/~sp302s97/proyectos/gdavis.html Rivera's life and art (in Spanish) http://www.clemusart.com/exhibit/rivera/curator.htm Cleveland Museum of Art Exhibition: Diego Rivera, Art and Revolution February 14-May 2, 1999 http://w3.tvi.cc.nm.us/nfs/home/t/teremayo/public_html some interesting images of a few of Rivera's other works http://www.dia.org/index2.html geared toward middle school students but an excellent resource for photos and images of Rivera's works - just scroll down and click on LESSON PLANS FOR TEACHERS http://www.engl.virginia.edu/~enwr1013/Laura/lar4e2.html an online essay on Rivera's revolutionary art http://www.fbuch.com/diego.htm Diego and the revolution; his relationships with Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky.. lots of great pictures! http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/rivera_diego.html Artcyclopedia links to Rivera sites. http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jcummings/diegomural3.html a photo of Diego Rivera Mural Monumental Stairway in Mexico's National Palace, Mexico City http://www.knee.to/~amie/mexican_art/Span101_Rivera.dat.html a Rivera biography http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jcummings/jcdiegofrida.html Diego, Frida, and the Mexican School of art http://www.arts-history.mx/museos/mu/index2.html a unique depiction of several murals and frescos painted by Rivera, all the characters in the the paintings and their origins. http://www.diamondial.org/rivera/ a photo essay showing Diego painting 27 frescos at the Detroit Institute of the Arts entitled "Detroit Industry" http://udgftp.cencar.udg.mx/ingles/Pintura/diego/diego.html an exploration of Diego's works in watercolors |
Self portrait, 1907 
Two Women and a Child, 1926 
Sleeping Family, 1932 |
Self portrait, 1933 
Fruits of the Earth, 1938 |
FRIDA KAHLO: http://www.aetna.com/sponsorships/20c_mex_art.htm a Frida Kahlo exhibit http://www.fridakahlo.it/ a great page on Frida Kahlo complete with flash movie. http://members.aol.com/fridanet/kahlo.htm the world of Frida Kahlo http://www.eecs.uic.edu/~ngalindo/frida1.html Frida's life and works http://members.nbci.com/_XOOM/Tigermark/Frida/ Frida's necklace of thorns http://www.ocaiw.com/kahlo.htm a Frida Kahlo bibliography http://english.cla.umn.edu/Visiting/MJanette/ Installations/Cecilia/kahlowp.html Frida Kahlo: wounded woman/cultural icon http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~rortizze/frida.htm "Absolute Pain" an essay on Frida |
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RELATED SITES: http://world.presidencia.gob.mx/PAGES/culture/mexcult_museums.html museums and galleries in Mexico http://www.arts-history.mx/museos/revolucion/index.html National Musuem of the Mexican Revolution (in Spanish) http://national.gallery.ca/english/exhibitions/mexican/mexican.html Mexican modern art exhibit at the National Gallery of Canada http://www.tam.itesm.mx/~jdorante/art/mural/imural01.htm post-revolutionary muralism in Mexico http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/murals/ murals: history, art and culture http://data.cued.uic.edu/orozco/humanities%20museum/lesson4.html a humanities course mural unit from the University of Illinois at Chicago http://mmm.dartmouth.edu/~hood/collections/orozco-murals.html the murals of Jose Clemente Orozco http://webster.dartmouth.edu/~library/Orozco/artist.html more on Orozco http://www.spin.com.mx/ilustrado/murales/dasiqueiros.html the murals of David Alfaro Siqueiros (in Spanish) http://www.muralart.com/california.html California mural art http://www.spin.com.mx/ilustrado/murales/ the murals of Mexico (in Spanish) |
detail from Orozco's "Coming Home from Work" - 1923-27 
detail from Rivera's "Great Tenochtitlan Market" 
detail from Siqueiros' "The New Democracy" - 1944-45 |
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