Ww norton & co Diego rivera: the detroit industry murals (WW Norton & Co)

Early in the Great Depression, Diego Rivera was commissioned by Edsel Ford to create a series of murals in the Detroit Institute of Arts, giant frescoes whose theme would be America's industrial might. This volume analyzes the results, and provides a look at Rivera and his wife, Frieda Kahlo. It includes chapters on the murals' planning and antecedents, Rivera's methods, and the public's response to the works.