2 videodiscs (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note
Documentary.
System Details
DVD, all regions, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., NTSC.
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Title from container.
Summary
A guide to the understanding of Mexican art - both of the past and present - from its beginnings in the masterworks of the Aztecs and Mayans to the autobiographical surrealism of Frida Kahlo.
Contents
Volume one: Ancient and modern traditions -- Volume two: The painters.
DVD one: Ancient and modern traditions: 1. Opening -- 2. Olmec Figures -- 3. Mesoamerican Carvings -- 4. Real Life in Sculpture -- 5. Masks and Animals -- 6. Modern Sensibilities -- 7. Bas-Relief -- 8. Jaguars, Gods, and Nobles -- 9. Aztec Calendar -- 10. Mixtec Paintings -- 11. Depictions of the Aztecs -- 12. Conquest and Conversation -- 13. Viceregal Imagery -- 14. The Monstrance -- 15. A New Style of Pottery.
DVD two: Painters: 1. Opening -- 2. Baltazar Echave Orio -- 3. Art From the Colonial Period -- 4. Miguel Cabrera -- 5. Juan Patricio Morelete Ruiz -- 6. Jose Maria Vasquez -- 7. Jose Maria Estrada -- 8. Juan Cordero -- 9. Jose Maria Obregon -- 10. Jose Maria Velasco -- 11. Diego Rivera -- 12. Frida Kahlo -- 13. Jose Clemente Orozco -- 14. David Alfaro Siquieros -- 15. Saturnino Herran -- 16. Geraldo Murillo (Dr. Atl) -- 17. Juan O'Gorman -- 18. Antonio Ruiz -- 19. Maria Izquierdo -- 20. Rufino Tamayo -- 21. Carlos Merida -- 22. Gunther Gerszo -- 23. Francisco Toledo -- 24. Nahun B. Zenil.