Diego Rivera en Italia

Abstract

At the end of 1920 and the biginning of 1921, shortly before his definitive return to Mexico, Diego Rivera undertook a trip to Italy. Over one hundred drawings have survived from this experience, which has always been considered of capital importance for the artist’s development. Their analysis is undertaken here. The studies by Rivera of archaeological objects, murals, paintings and sculptures of the medieval and renaissance periods, together with landscapes and genre scenes, illustrate how Rivera’s art and thought were developing.