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The Rise of a Middle-Class Tradition in Mexican Art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Virginia B. Derr
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If the happenings in twentieth-century Mexican art could be translated into musical notation, the score would resemble a movement of a symphony with two major themes. The original theme, that of a Revolutionary art for the masses, was stated loudly and boldly at the opening of the movement. Slowly a counter-theme, that of a conservative art for the middle-class, began to emerge. The strains of the second theme have been especially perceptible since 1940; the two melodies have woven together in a counterpoint pattern for twenty years. Gradually, the conservative theme is becoming predominant over the everweakening notes of the radical one.

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Research Article
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Journal of Inter-American Studies , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 1961 , pp. 385 - 409
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Copyright © University of Miami 1961

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