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Join Prof. Cristina Ríos to discover the artworks of the founders of Mexican Muralism (1923-2023) on a two-hour morning walking tour filled with detailed explanations of the murals at San Ildefonso

Highlights

• Mexplore Tenochtitlan invites you to the Museum of San Ildefonso
• Learn about the spirit of Mexican Post-revolutionary mural frescos
• Listen to Prof. Cristina Ríos’s detailed explanations in front of each mural
• In this murals, pre-hispanic and popular references were integrative metaphors
• Join Prof. Cristina Ríos to discover the artworks of the founders of Muralism

Description

Come with us to the Museum of San Ildefonso on a morning tour of Orozco’s artwork, hear a historian’s detailed explanation of the murals and discover Mexico’s most important post-Revolution painter. The magnificent frescos provide a unique opportunity to learn about Mexican social movements through Orozcos’s eyes. Listen to Prof. Cristina Ríos’s detailed explanations in front of each mural, learn about the fascinating history of the Mexican Postrevolutionary social movements. Learn about the spirit of Mexican Post-revolutionary painters through the pencils of Jean Charlot, Fernando Leal, Ramón Alva de la Canal and José Clemente Orozco In this murals, pre-hispanic and popular references were integrative metaphors reaching for an ideal, popular education and social transformation. The mural aesthetic searches to build a social utopia, the murals are visual references of a historical narrative and a political aesthetic

Includes

Includes Live tour guide with detailed explanations in each fresco Headsets to hear the tor guide clearly

Important Information

• This tour involves a 2-hour visit This tour will take place rain or shine Wheel chair availability, they offer elevator assistance The Museum has two stair levels with frescos on the walls

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund