María Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo : : Challenging Visions in Modern Mexican Art / / Nancy Deffebach.
María Izquierdo (1902–1955) and Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) were the first two Mexican women artists to achieve international recognition. During the height of the Mexican muralist movement, they established successful careers as easel painters and created work that has become an integral part of Mexica...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture Publication Initiative, Mellon Foundation
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One: the problem of the hero
- 1 Women on the Wire: Izquierdo’s Images of Circus Performers
- 2 Saints and Goddesses: Kahlo’s Appropriations of Religious Iconography in Her Self-Portraits
- Part two: legitimating traditions
- 3 Revitalizing the Past: Precolumbian Figures from West Mexico in Kahlo’s Paintings
- 4 Beyond the Personal: Kahlo’s La niña, la luna y el sol of 1942
- 5 Mother of the Maize: Izquierdo’s Images of Rural Gardens with Granaries
- Part three: the wall of resistance
- 6 What Sex Is the City? Izquierdo’s Aborted Mural Project
- Part four: still-life paintings
- 7 Picantes pero sabrosas: Kahlo’s Still-Life Paintings and Related Images
- 8 Grain of Memory: Izquierdo’s Paintings of Altars to the Virgin of Sorrows
- Part five: women’s rights in modern Mexico
- 9 Beyond the Canvas: Izquierdo, Kahlo, and Women’s Rights
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index