CONTENTS Preface 6 1.1921-1923 Creation 8-25 Old College of San, IIdefonso, Mexico by Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera 8-25 2.1923-1928 Political Vision Ministry of Public Education, Mexico by Renato Gonzelaz Mello 26-133 3.1923-1927 Song to the earth and those who labor thereon Universided Autonoma Chapingo, Mexico by Luis-Martin Lozamo 134-193 4.1929-1935 Vision of the history of Mexico Palacio Nacional and Palacio de Cortes, Mexico by Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera 194-263 5.1929-1931 Revolutions and allegories Mexico and San Fransisco by Luis-Martin Lozamo 264-299 6.1931-1932 Mexico and the United States The panels for the Museum of Modern Art, New York300-315 7.1932-1933 The Industry of Detroit The Detroit Institute of Arts by Laura Gonzalez Matute 316-349 8.1932-1934 Man at the crossroads Rockefeller, New York Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico by Catha Paquette 350-369 9.1933 Portrait of America New Worker's School, New York by James Wechsler 370-385 10.1936-1940 THe Fight against Fascism Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico San Fransisco City College by Luis-Martin Lozano 386-433 11.1942-1953 Methaphorical readings on history Palacio Macional, Museo Mural and Teatro de los Insurgentes, Mexico by Nadia Ugalda Gomez434-501 12.1952-1954 War, Peace and Victory Pushkin State Museum of fine Arts, Moscow by Ana Isabel Perez Gavilan Avila 502-511 13.1943-1954 Art before science and medicine National Institutte of cardiology and La Raza Medical Center, Mexico by Maria Estela Duarte Sanchez 512-543 14.1942-1957 Museo Anahuacalli, Carcamo of the River Lerma and Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico by Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera 544- 561 15.1904-1957 Easel Painting by Luis-Martin Lozano and Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera 562-643 16.1886-1957 Chronology of the artist and his murals by Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, Luis-Martin Lozano and Maria Estela Duarte Sanchez 644-661 Appendix 662-674 Glossary 662 Bibliography 663-665 Index 666-669 Bibliographies of the authors 670 Acknowledgments671 Photo credits672