Reasons for the Rise of Mexican Mural Movement

When I first arrived in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, the most shocking thing was the mural works all over the city. Those famous murals that mostly appear in museums can also be seen everywhere in streets, subway stations, external walls of residential areas and public buildings in squares. The characteristics of Mexican murals are huge and colorful, which reflect the rich imagination and national characteristics of Mexicans everywhere. Therefore, Mexico City is worthy of the reputation of "mural capital". The development of modern Mexican mural art is called "mural movement", which began in the 1920s and ended in the 1970s. Mexican "Three Masters of Murals" Rivera, orozco and Ciguelos are outstanding representatives. They issued a declaration to American artists, emphasizing the realization of an epoch-making, heroic and national painting art, and 80% of the murals in Mexico are concentrated in the capital. On both sides of paseo de la reforma, which is equivalent to Chang 'an Avenue, there are large murals depicting the history of Mexican national struggle and heroes on public buildings. The National Palace, located in Constitution Square, is a mural palace with masterpieces of famous Mexican artists. Among many exquisite murals, the most famous is Rivera's masterpiece "The History and Future of Mexico". This mural is now in the cloister of the central staircase of the National Palace. It is about five or six meters high and dozens of meters long. * * * It has more than 65,438+0,000 characters, which shows the whole history of Indian society from Mexico to the present century in a magnificent way. The National Palace is open to visitors free of charge every day. During the visit, you will also find that besides foreign tourists, many visitors are primary and secondary school students. While listening to the teacher's detailed explanation, they carefully watched the scenes displayed in the murals and deepened their understanding of history.