{"product_id":"rivera-by-andrea-kettenmann-9783836504133","title":"Rivera","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiego Rivera (1886-1957)\u003c\/b\u003e is a loud presence on the art historical stage. With devout political principles and a turbulent romantic history, he was at once husband and paladin of Frida Kahlo, advocate and adversary of Stalin's Soviet Union, and liberator and traitor of Leon Trotsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVibrant, graphic, and often monumental, Rivera's paintings carry the same live political and passionate charge as his personal biography. Fusing European influences such as Cubism with a socialist ideology and an \u003cb\u003eexaltation of Mexico's indigenous and popular heritage\u003c\/b\u003e, he created a new iconography for art history and for his country. He became one of the most important figures in the \u003cb\u003eMexican mural movement\u003c\/b\u003e and won international acclaim for his public wall paintings, in which he presented a \u003cb\u003eutopian yet accessible vision of a post-revolutionary Mexico\u003c\/b\u003e. In 1931, Rivera was the \u003cb\u003esubject of MoMA's second ever monographic exhibition\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the \u003cb\u003eunique blend of influence and ideology\u003c\/b\u003e which secure Rivera's place as both a unique and a universal painter, bound to the particular turbulent experience of early 20th century Mexico, and yet preoccupied with subjects such as \u003cb\u003erevolution and class inequity\u003c\/b\u003e which continue to speak to us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598015807724,"sku":"9783836504133","price":45.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836504133-rivera.jpg?v=1777960529","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/rivera-by-andrea-kettenmann-9783836504133","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}