Tag: Mexican muralism

• Sheeler, Rivera, and machine-age anxiety

  

  Charles Sheeler and Diego Rivera jumped at the chance to portray Henry Ford’s revolutionary factory. Do their pictures celebrate the potential of machines to liberate us from drudgery? Or do they warn us about the dangers of living in a technology-driven society?

  Diane Tucker

  2022-08-09

  Art History, Charles Sheeler paintings, Detroit Industry Murals, Diane Tucker, Diego Rivera Murals, Ford Rouge Plant, Mexican muralism

  Charles Sheeler, Detroit Industry Murals, Diane Tucker, Diego Rivera, Ford River Rouge Plant, Mexican muralism