Diego Rivera Knihy

This title features numerous large-scale details of Rivera's murals, allowing their various components and subtleties to be closely examined.

A richly revealing document offering many telling insights into the mind and heart of a giant of 20th-century art. "There is no lack of exciting material. A lover at nine, a cannibal at 18, by his own account, Rivera was prodigiously productive of art and controversy." — San Francisco Chronicle. 21 halftones.

This volume presents an illustrated survey of Rivera's work. It shows how the artist was viewed by contemporaries like Picasso and Dali as a troublemaker, complete with revolver and bandolier. Rivera is seen as having brought to art a distinctive understanding of its public role and history.

Details Rivera's Detroit Industry fresco cycle. This book includes information on the artist and his technique and his patron (Edsel Ford).