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DIEGO RIVERA ART GALLERY -- THE MAKING OF A FRESCO, SHOWING THE BUILDING OF A CITY |
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The Making of a Fresco, Showing the Building of a City. 1931. Fresco, 18'8" x 32'6". San Francisco Art Institute.
The Making of a Fresco, 1931. La elaboracion de un fresco. Fresco, originally at the California School of Fine Arts, 5.68 x 9.91 m., San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco. Photo: David Wakely. [In Renaissance manner, Rivera here takes the opportunity to incorporate himself and his assistants into the composition as seated rear- view figures on the painted border. The "donor figures" portrayed below also echo the practice of Renaissance artists.]
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