DAY 14e
Week 2
MEXICO CITY ~ Teatro del Pueblo (Ciudad de México, MEX)
Thursday March 28th, 2019
TODAYS MILEAGE – 10 miles / 16 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 13,940 miles / 22,434 kilometres
Officially called 'Cultural Theater of the People of the Delegation Cuauhtémoc', the Teatro del Pueblo (People's Theater) was built in 1934 on lands that were once the stables of the Convent of Loreto and the gardens of the former College of San Pedro and San Pablo, founded by the Jesuit school of San Gregorio dating back to 1574.
The two-story building combines a great mix of architectural styles, ranging from neo-colonial, neo-classical, art deco and belle epoque and encompasses a large open-air courtyard as well as a 1200+ seat theatre.
I would hazard a guess, but I reckon the site is probably more well known for being adorned with murals by artistic disciples of prominent Mexican painter Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez (simply known as Diego Rivera ..... thankfully!!!) - Antonio Pujol, Mexican engraver & painter Ángel Bracho, the American-Mexican artist, muralist & illustrator Pablo O'Higgins and the Japanese American artist & landscape architect Isamu Noguchi.
The murals were worked in two techniques: 1,343 square metres of Fresco and 157 square metres of Tempera and themes of the works have a clear ideological charge linked to socialism, clearly expressing the prevailing exploitation, racism and oppression the country was experiencing during the period of the Mexican Revolution.
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