Painting on the Left: Diego Rivera, Radical Politics, and San Francisco's Public Murals (Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book S) Tapa blanda - 1999

University of California Press, 1999-04-15. Paperback. Good. 0.8000 in x 9.9000 in x 6.9000 in. General wear from age and use.

University of California Press, 1999-04-15. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Paperback. xx, 264p., 10x7 inch wraps, illus. (some color), very good condition.

University of California Press, 1999. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy with a trace of shelf-rubbing. Copy of period review laid in. 264 pp., profusely illustrated, endnotes and index. The boldly political mural projects of Diego Rivera and other leftist artists in San Francisco during the 1930's and early 1940s are the focus of Anthony W. Lee's fascinating book. Led by Rivera, these painters used murals as a vehicle to reject the economic and political status quo and to give visible form to labor and radical ideologies, including Communism. Several murals, and details of others, are reproduced here for the first time. Of special interest are works by Rivera that chart a progress from mural paintings commissioned for private spaces to those produced as a public act in a public space: Allegory of California, painted in 1930-31 at the Stock Exchange Lunch Club; Making a Fresco, Showing the Building of a City, done a few months… Leer más

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 9; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with black and white reproductions of paintings and fourteen pages of color plates.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of California Press, 1999-04-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!