Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art by Museum of Modern Art Hardcover Book
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Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art by Museum of Modern Art Hardcover Book. The exhibition is divided into four sections. The second, art of the colonial period, has been entrusted to Prof. Manuel Toussaint, Director of the Institute of Esthetic Research of the National University, a man of unsurpassed knowledge in the field. For the first time in the history of art exhibitions there has now been brought together in one build-ing an authoritative and systematic collection of Mexican art, from the archaic cultures to the most recent schools of painting. The exhibition is divided into four sections. The first, pre-Spanish art, has been assembled by Dr. Alfonso Caso, internationally-known authority on Mexican archaeology and Di-rector of the National Institute of Anthropology and History. The second, art of the colonial period, has been entrusted to Prof. Manuel Toussaint, Director of the Institute of Esthetic Research of the National University, a man of unsurpassed knowledge in the field. The third section is devoted to folk art, and has been organized by the distinguished paint-er, Roberto Montenegro, former director of the first museum of popular art founded in Mexico (1934). The fourth section, modern art, has been arranged by Miguel Covarrubias, famous caricaturist and painter, who has understood so well the restless-ness of our time.
