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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Museo Regional [Museo Cuauhnahuac; in Palacio de Cortés] (Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1929-1930 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorRivera, Diegoen_US
dc.date1929-1930en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-27T15:59:26Z
dc.date.available2013-02-27T15:59:26Z
dc.date.issued1929-1930en_US
dc.identifier197165en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1601en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/104673
dc.descriptionLa Toma de Cuernavaca: The Taking of Cuernavaca (4.35 x 2.36 m); The Palacio Cortés, begun in about 1530 but later altered several times, was once Cortés' residence and administrative headquarters. The first floor loggias offer splendid views of the city and its environs. The Palacio now houses, among other things, the Cuauhnáhuac regional history museum, documenting the history of the Cuernavaca area. Among many items of interest are the famous murals by Diego Rivera, commissioned by the then U.S. ambassador Dwight Morrow, father-in-law of the transatlantic flyer Charles Lindbergh, and painted in 1929 and 1930. They depict scenes from the Conquest, the history of Cuernavaca, the War of Independence and the Mexican Revolution. The image of Emiliano Zapata leading Hernán Cortés' white horse symbolizes the people's re-appropriation of the land. Source: PlanetWare Travel Guide; http://www.planetware.com/ (accessed 7/5/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumpigment on plasteren_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectcycles or seriesen_US
dc.subjecthistoricalen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectCortés, Hernán, 1485-1547en_US
dc.subjectMexico Historyen_US
dc.subjectRevolutionariesen_US
dc.subjectMexican Muralisten_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleHistory of Cuernavaca and Morelosen_US
dc.title.alternativePalacio Cortés Muralsen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode6A1-RD-CM-G2en_US
vra.culturalContextMexicanen_US
vra.techniquefresco painting (technique)en_US
vra.worktypefresco (painting)en_US
dc.contributor.displayDiego Rivera (Mexican painter, 1886-1957)en_US


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