Dominican University of California
Sacred, Sensual and Sublime: An Iconographic Study of the Female Nude in the Murals of Diego Rivera
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Diego Rivera (1886-1957) played a pivotal role in Mexico's artistic Renaissance. During one prolific decade (1922-1932), Rivera painted nine important mural cycles in which he helped to revive and perfect the tradition of fresco painting in Mexico. These murals expressed Rivera's hopes for an emerging national identity that included Mexico's disenfranchised peoples. In order to help convey his doctrines to a largely illiterate population, Rivera invented diverse allegories which featured the female nude. These allegories glorify the racial and cultural roots of Mexico's indigenous people. This thesis investigates Rivera's murals, the allegorical images and symbols associated with the female nude and the pictorial sources of the artist's inspiration.</p> <p>-Thesis excerpt-</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 1998
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Wornick, Michael
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Leslie Ross, PhD
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/205
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1204