Anita Brenner: 2 books
Idols Behind Altars
Modern Mexican Art and Its Cultural Roots
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Art critic, historian and journalist Anita Brenner (1905-1974) is acknowledged to be one of the most important and perceptive writers on the art, culture, and political history of Mexico. Idols Behind Altars is her influential historical and critical study of modern Mexican art and its roots. It was...
The Wind that Swept Mexico
The History of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1942
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator Porfirio Díaz. The Wind That Swept Mexico, originally published in 1943, was the first book to present a broad account of that revolution in its several different phases. In concise but moving words and in memorable photographs,...