{"product_id":"the-murals-of-revolutionary-nicaragua-19791992","title":"The Murals of Revolutionary Nicaragua, 1979–1992","description":"In the years following Nicaraguas 1979 Sandinista Revolution  more than three hundred murals were created by Nicaraguan and international artist brigades. David Kunzle was profoundly moved by the aesthetic and political power of these murals  and when he saw that they were being destroyed after the Sandinistas were voted out in 1990  he resolved to document them. This visually exciting  emotionally compelling book is the result of his efforts.  Today many of Nicaraguas murals have been obliterated  and Kunzles book may be the only record of these works. Approximately eighty percent of the murals are reproduced here  many with extensive commentary. Artistic styles from the primitivist to the highly sophisticated are represented  showing themes of literacy  health  family  and always the Revolution.  Kunzle outlines the historical conditions in Nicaraguaincluding U.S. interferencethat gave rise to the Revolution and to the murals. He chronicles the politically vindictive destruction of many of the best murals and the rise and fall of Managuas Mural School. Kunzle also refers to other Nicaraguan public media such as billboards and graffiti  the great mural precedent in Mexico  and the more recent attempts at socialist art in Cuba and Chile.  Nicaraguan murals became blackboards of the people  a forum for self-image  self-education  and popular autobiography. Kunzle pleads for the restoration of the surviving murals and for the revival of the mural movement  for it is  he says  \"art that belongs to and benefits us all.\"","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44920505172021,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520081927","price":160.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0520081927.jpg?v=1768561402","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-murals-of-revolutionary-nicaragua-19791992","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}