Book 2017
Melancolía
- Publisher
- Museo Nacional de Arte
- Language
- Spanish
- Published
- 2017
- Melancholy in art
- Exhibitions
- Art
- Psychology
- Art and society
- History
- Alienation (Philosophy)
Critical texts on melancholy in art history, approached from different aspects, specialties and time periods. Divided into four nuclei and a selection of pieces from the exhibition "Melancolía", the book seeks to expand the context of the exhibition through essays from specialists, ranging from psychoanalysis to the history of art. Includes works by artists such as Leonora Carrington, Germán Gedovius, Manuel Ocaranza, Diego Rivera, Julio Ruelas, Rufino Tamayo y Cristóbal de Villalpando, amongst others.