Discuss the impact of the Mexican Revolution on the arts.

The question requires that candidates offer a considered and balanced review of the impact of the Mexican Revolution on the arts, which may include visual art, literature, music, theatre and film among others. Candidates may argue that artists were influenced by Marxism and viewed intellectual art as a symbol of the old aristocracy. The revolutionary artists, such as Rivera, Orozco or Siqueiros, produced artworks for the people and gave importance to mural paintings on and in public buildings. Candidates may refer to the changes in the themes of their artworks, which became more politicized. Artists and intellectuals focused on Mexican history and traditions, with intellectuals, for example Enriquez and Vasconcelos, promoting indigenous cultures. Candidates may refer to the foundation of the National Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology or the editing of indigenous literature. They may also address the impact of the revolution on literature by referring to the novelists of the revolution or to music with the corridos or to educational reform.