{"product_id":"maria-izquierdo-and-frida-kahlo-challenging-visions-in-modern-mexican-art-paperback-softback-9781477312810","title":"María Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo; Challenging Visions in Modern Mexican Art (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477312810","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaría Izquierdo and Frida Kahlo\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChallenging Visions in Modern Mexican Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNancy Deffebach (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477312810, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 August 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e251 pages\u003cbr\u003e27.9 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.821 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDeffebach's feminist critique of the Mexican avant-garde and her discussion of women's rights are valuable.\u003c\/div\u003e (Latin American Research Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaría Izquierdo (1902–1955) and Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) were the first two Mexican women artists to achieve international recognition. During the height of the Mexican muralist movement, they established successful careers as easel painters and created work that has become an integral part of Mexican modernism. Although the iconic Kahlo is now more famous, the two artists had comparable reputations during their lives. Both were regularly included in major exhibitions of Mexican art, and they were invariably the only women chosen for the most important professional activities and honors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a deeply informed study that prioritizes critical analysis over biographical interpretation, Nancy Deffebach places Kahlo’s and Izquierdo’s oeuvres in their cultural context, examining the ways in which the artists participated in the national and artistic discourses of postrevolutionary Mexico. Through iconographic analysis of paintings and themes within each artist’s oeuvre, Deffebach discusses how the artists engaged intellectually with the issues and ideas of their era, especially Mexican national identity and the role of women in society. In a time when Mexican artistic and national discourses associated the nation with masculinity, Izquierdo and Kahlo created images of women that deconstructed gender roles, critiqued the status quo, and presented more empowering alternatives for women. Deffebach demonstrates that, paradoxically, Kahlo and Izquierdo became the most successful Mexican women artists of the modernist period while most directly challenging the prevailing ideas about gender and what constitutes important art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: The Problem of the Hero\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Women on the Wire: Izquierdo's Images of Female Circus Performers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Saints and Goddesses: Kahlo's Appropriations of Religious Iconography in Her Self-portraits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: Legitimating Traditions\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Revitalizing the Past: Precolumbian Figures from West Mexico in Kahlo's Paintings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Kahlo's The Girl, the Moon and the Sun, 1942\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Mother of the Maize: Izquierdo's Images of Rural Gardens with Granaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three: The Wall of Resistance\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e6. What Sex Is the City? Izquierdo's Aborted Mural Project\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Four: Still-Life Paintings\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Picantes pero sabrosas: Kahlo's Still-Life Paintings and Related Images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Grain of Memory: Izquierdo's Paintings of Altars to the Virgin of Sorrows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Five: Women's Rights in Modern Mexico\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e9. Beyond the Canvas: Izquierdo, Kahlo, and Women's Rights\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640466731288,"sku":"9781477312810","price":25.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/maria-izquierdo-and-frida-kahlo-challenging-visions-in-modern-mexican-art-paperback-softback-9781477312810","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}