Join Prof. Cristina Ríos to discover the artworks of the founders of Mexican Muralism (1923-2023) on a two-hour morning walking tour filled with detailed explanations of the murals at San Ildefonso
Former College Of San Ildefonso
Come with us to the Museum of San Ildefonso on a morning tour of Orozco’s artwork, hear a historian’s detailed explanation of the murals and discover Mexico’s most important post-Revolution painter. The magnificent frescos provide a unique opportunity to learn about Mexican social movements through Orozcos’s eyes. Listen to Prof. Cristina Ríos’s detailed explanations in front of each mural, learn about the fascinating history of the Mexican Postrevolutionary social movements.
Learn about the spirit of Mexican Post-revolutionary painters through the pencils of Jean Charlot, Fernando Leal, Ramón Alva de la Canal and José Clemente Orozco
In this murals, pre-hispanic and popular references were integrative metaphors reaching for an ideal, popular education and social transformation. The mural aesthetic searches to build a social utopia, the murals are visual references of a historical narrative and a political aesthetic
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Duration 2.5 hours
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English, Spanish
Wheelchair accessible
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