The History of Mexico: Diego Rivera’s Murals at the National Palace
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/latin-america-modernism/mexican/a/the-history-of-mexico-diego-riveras-murals-at-the-national-palace
How is history told?A new national identityWhy murals?The North WallThe West WallThe South WallAn alternative history The Aztec World, the title of the mural on the North Wall, features Rivera’s first large-scale rend…Against the backdrop of the Valley of Mexico (where Tenochtitlan and now Mexico City are located), Rivera renders ta Mesoamerican pyramid and various aspects of Aztec life. He represents figures grinding maíz (corn) to make tortillas, playing music, creating paintings, sculp…
The Aztec World, the title of the mural on the North Wall, features Rivera’s first large-scale rend…Against the backdrop of the Valley of Mexico (where Tenochtitlan and now Mexico City are located), Rivera renders ta Mesoamerican pyramid and various aspects of Aztec life. He represents figures grinding maíz (corn) to make tortillas, playing music, creating paintings, sculp…
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