We arrived almost an hour before the actual Palacio opened up to the general public and by accident when to the National Cultural Museum
First a mural on the Revolutionary Mexico by Rufino Tamayo in 1938
The intensity, power and emotion of these 20th century muralists of Mexico is always striking to me
Then there was an exhibit on customs associated with death
Ancient Egyptian
New Guinea
Korea
Mexico
Museum guard at the ready
There was an exhibit on cabaret in the 1940's and 50's
An odd subject it seemed to me
An odd subject it seemed to me
After killing some time on the street (prior post), we finally got into the Palacio
I think it is hard for an American to quite understand the Mexican culture's feeling of drama, emotion, power, grandness. In the US we are in so many ways influenced by the Protestant values that dominated the first colonists that seeing the overt expression of grandness and emotion takes one by surprise. I will do a full verbal only post to try to cover this in more depth.
The Palacio is a massive complex with huge courtyard/central spaces
However, our main reason for coming to the Palacio is to see the murals of Diego Rivera
The link will tell you more about his incredible work of art which covers all of Mexican history in one mural. We did not have time to study it in detail. I will let the pictures do the talking. In addition to the main mural, there are a secondary series that cover the variety of pre-Hispanic native cultures.
In addition to the murals, there is a great exhibition of Mexican artists from the 50's and 60's
I was quite impressed compared to art I've seen elsewhere from the same period
I will finish up with some pictures of the restored original legislative chamber
And
Bwahahahahahaha
Water Fountain Picture!
(When you least expected it)
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1 comment:
I love those murals!
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