{"product_id":"art-and-architecture-in-mexico-9780500204061","title":"Art and Architecture in Mexico","description":"This new interpretive history of Mexican art from the Spanish Conquest to the early decades of the twenty-first century is the most comprehensive introduction to the subject in fifty years. James Oles ranges widely across media and genres, offering new readings of painting, sculpture, architecture, prints, and photographs. He interprets major works by such famous artists as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, but also discusses less familiar figures in history and landscape painting, muralism, and conceptual art. \u003cp\u003eThe story of Mexican art is set in its rich historical context by the book's treatment of political and social change. The author draws on recent scholarship to examine crucial issues of race, class, and gender, including the work of indigenous artists during the colonial period, and of women artists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout, Oles shows how Mexican artists participated in local and international developments. He considers both native and foreign-born artists, from Baroque architects to kinetic sculptors, and highlights the important role played by Mexicans in the global art scene of the last five centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOles, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJames Oles\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches art history at Wellesley College and is adjunct curator of Latin American Art at the Davis Museum. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eSouth of the Border: Mexico in the American Imagination 1914-47\u003c\/em\u003e. He splits his time between Wellesley, MA and Mexico City.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543772565778,"sku":"9780500204061","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e21a7070-636d-4470-b368-de104c11f267.jpg?v=1731514336","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/art-and-architecture-in-mexico-9780500204061","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}