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[La teoria de nuestra labor docente puede muy bien fundarse...]
1926This essay, written by Francisco Díaz de León, director of the Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre [Open-Air Schools of Painting] in Tlalpan, explains that the Schools favor an aesthetic education and individual expression over technical education. He [...]ICAA Record ID: 826063 -
Cómo Trabajamos en la Escuela de Pintura de Xochimilco
1926This article, written by Rafael Vera de Córdoba, director of the Escuela al Aire Libre [Open-Air School] in Xochimilco, provides a detailed description of the School’s teaching method. He refers to the students as children with no prior experience [...]ICAA Record ID: 825957 -
Historia y valoración de las Escuelas de Pintura al Aire Libre
1926This text by writer and chronicler, Salvador Novo, provides a brief history of the Escuelas de Pintura al Aire Libre [Open-Air Schools of Painting], beginning with their origins in 1913 and continuing through to the time of the writing of this text. [...]ICAA Record ID: 825952 -
[Digno es de notarse que mientras mas pura es la Raza...]
1926This text underscores the originality, expression and strength of the works created at the Escuelas de Pintura al Aire Libre [Open-Air Schools of Painting], arguing that these qualities are the product of racial purity and that as mestizaje [racial [...]ICAA Record ID: 825947 -
[En presencia del fenómeno observado en las escuelas libres de pintura...]
1926This text presents the Escuelas de Pintura al Aire Libre [Open-Air Schools of Painting] and its creative production as evidence that Mexican children have a natural artistic disposition. It also associates this disposition with their indigenous blood [...]ICAA Record ID: 825942 -
[En la Escuela de Pintura al Aire Libre de Guadalupe Hidalgo...]
1926This text by Fermín Revueltas, the director of the Escuela al Aire Libre de Guadalupe Hidalgo [Open-Air School of Guadalupe Hidalgo], is very concise. He states that the school he directs teaches art methods so that works can be created to be both [...]ICAA Record ID: 825937 -
La función social del arte
1923In his introduction to Método de Dibujo [Drafting Method], José Juan Tablada identifies it as a weapon in the struggle to establish harmony and democracy amid the chaos and authoritarianism in the artistic milieu. He states that the process at work [...]ICAA Record ID: 825932 -
Del origen y peculiaridades del arte popular mexicano
1923This text explains the theoretical basis for Best Maugard’s drafting method prior to the development of his manual explained in the following section. The theory is based on a platonic and universal perspective of art that expresses universal [...]ICAA Record ID: 825928 -
Arte Mexicano
1923This text chronologically summarizes the conception, development and implementation of Best’s drafting method that culminated in a publication of it. The publication places it within the context of American ideas, celebrating its good judgment to [...]ICAA Record ID: 825923 -
A New Method for Developing Creative Imagination
1923This text speaks of the evolution of sensorial perception and its relation to artistic expression. It proposes that the method of Adolfo Best Maugard be used in arts education because it would permit greater development and personal satisfaction [...]ICAA Record ID: 825910 -
Adget : Documentos para artistas
1939In this text, Manuel Álvarez Bravo considers the development of Adget (sic) as a photographer and the life experiences, warmth, and creativity reflected in his unique ability to see what is around him. He notes that Adget had no training in the arts [...]ICAA Record ID: 752393