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Diego Rivera Pete Hamill 9780810990821 Books

Nice overview of Rivera's work in a historic context however the amateurish prose which is more akin to a 10th grade writing project on Diego Rivera distracts from the scholarship. The writing has a 'Daily Mail' feel to it. Choppy, like a cut-and-paste project from other sources. The writer clearly tries to give a biography of Rivera from the standpoint of anti-communism or anti-socialism. That would make for interesting reading as Rivera was a communist and a communist synmpathizer. However, it fails to frame this convincingly in a historic context of Rivera's era, and reads more like a (bad, unverified and unedited) wikipedia entry. The writing and the works selected seems to be disjointed - the significance of the highlighted works are not made clear and no real insight can be gleaned. When writing a biography of an artist, one would expect the prose and the cadence to reflect the artist's style and sensibilities. Regrettably, this book does not make for enjoyable reading and is full of clichés and redundancy. i.e. "fresco- the word means 'fresh' in Italian...". For a reader reading about Diego Rivera one would assume the reader would know what is 'fresco'. The most glaring deficiency in this biography is almost the total lack of bibliography. Again, a mistake most often found in 10th grade reading assignments.


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Diego Rivera Pete Hamill 9780810990821 Books Reviews

Enjoyed the book for the reproductions of Rivera's painting and drawings, some of which were new to me. Agree with others that Pete Hamill's understanding of the Russian revolution is lacking, however I did learn something new about Rivera and Trotsky. FBI kept a file on Rivera. According to Professor William Chase, who did research on Trotsky found that Rivera met with the State Department 3 times and gave names of communists
who were Stalinists in the Mexican government. He also mentioned possible assassinations to gain control over the Mexican president. State Department notes showed Diego and Trotsky were willing to testify before the Dies Committee in DC.

What also disappointed me about the book was Hamill failed to mention the painting Rivera did in San Francisco at City College of San Francisco.
I attended City College in the 1960's, studied Spanish, and many times visit the huge painting in its Arts Building. As Rivera described it " as the fusion between the great past of the Latin American lands ... and the high mechanical developments in the United States. The 40' by 80' painting depicted panels of Mexico's indigenous past, ancient culture,with the mixture Detroit's of the stamping machine of the Ford Motor Company, along with American workers, engineering works like the Shasta Dam, and so much more. Every viewing I did turned into a history lesson.
It is a beautiful book and full of history about this very talented and important artist. I would have liked to have seen more of his amazing portraits.
If you admire Rivera, buy this book. It sits on our coffee table and is very alluring. It makes a great gift for any fan of this extraordinary artist.
Submitted by the author of "I'm Living Your Dream Life."
NY journalist/writer Pete Hamill presents a (somewhat surprisingly) insightful and well-written overview of the masterful Mexican's life and artistic career. This very readable volume offers-up many behind-the-scenes tidbits that are not included in the other mainstream bios of the multifacted and always controversial Rivera. Mr. Hamill is definitely not shy when it comes to his personal opinions about Rivera's aesthetic achievements, both good and bad. He also tends to be frankly judgemental about Rivera's character, or, oftentimes, lack thereof. Whether the reader agrees with these subjective assessments or not Mr. Hamill's book is consistently informative, and is highly recommended to supplement the more comprehensive standard biographies of this always facinating subject.
Hamill has Diego's artistic and personal facets in camera. This is a brilliant study of a very complex and troubling artist. It's difficult to stop reading Hamill's work. The book came at a great price and delivery.
I buzzed through this book. Journalistic writing is usually more concise and clear than academic writing or expert opining. Hamil makes no apologies about presenting his own view on Rivera and his work. I like that he is not gushing nor over analyzing. Hamil states he was not initially taken with the artist's work and goes about presenting what he saw and learned that won him over. He makes distinctions between the man's behaviors and how he sees his creations. I think the author does a good job of staying on task and giving a broad view of Rivera's art. Rivera was a polemicist. Whatever gets written is probably going to bother someone. The reproductions are first rate and cover a broad swath of murals, paintings, and drawings. Someone said they wished for more of his portraits, me to - so I will find another book that covers more of that because that was not what this book was about. This book taught me what further details of Rivera's life and work I wish to explore. Good read, great viewing.
Nice overview of Rivera's work in a historic context however the amateurish prose which is more akin to a 10th grade writing project on Diego Rivera distracts from the scholarship. The writing has a 'Daily Mail' feel to it. Choppy, like a cut-and-paste project from other sources. The writer clearly tries to give a biography of Rivera from the standpoint of anti-communism or anti-socialism. That would make for interesting reading as Rivera was a communist and a communist synmpathizer. However, it fails to frame this convincingly in a historic context of Rivera's era, and reads more like a (bad, unverified and unedited) wikipedia entry. The writing and the works selected seems to be disjointed - the significance of the highlighted works are not made clear and no real insight can be gleaned. When writing a biography of an artist, one would expect the prose and the cadence to reflect the artist's style and sensibilities. Regrettably, this book does not make for enjoyable reading and is full of clichés and redundancy. i.e. "fresco- the word means 'fresh' in Italian...". For a reader reading about Diego Rivera one would assume the reader would know what is 'fresco'. The most glaring deficiency in this biography is almost the total lack of bibliography. Again, a mistake most often found in 10th grade reading assignments.