Njengoko besesitshilo, intshukumo ebalulekileyo yobugcisa ebizwa muralism, wayenomsebenzi wokufundisa eMexico, emiselwe eMantla ukufezekisa umanyano emva koHlaziyo.
Amagcisa awenzileyo aphenjelelwa ziimbono zikaMarxist kwaye azama ukwenza iprojekhthi ngemeko yokuzoba imeko yezentlalo nezopolitiko ezazisenzeka emva kwemvukelo eMexico.
Phakathi kowe-1929 nowe-1935, u-Diego Rivera wenza uthotho lwemisebenzi eludongeni olujikeleze ipatio esembindini yeNdlu yeSizwe. Apho uxela imbali yaseMexico ehamba ukusuka kumaxesha angaphambi kweSpanishi ukuya kumashumi amabini okuqala enkulungwane yamashumi amabini.
Umsebenzi omangalisayo uphindaphinda uhambo olunzulu kwimarike eyaziwayo yaseTlatelolco, ngamaxesha eTenochtitlan yakudala. Kuyo babalaselisa inani leTlatoani okanye inkosi yama-Aztec ebeka iliso kuyo yonke imisebenzi eyenziweyo kwinqanaba elikhulu. Kukho inani elikhulu labathengisi be-Opochtec ababonelela ngazo zonke iintlobo zeemveliso: iintsiba, amalaphu, izikhumba zezilwanyana kunye nesinyithi esixabisekileyo.
Emva kwesi seti, uRivera waphinda wenza ubeko lweetempile ezithile kunye nezakhiwo kwikomkhulu lakudala laseAztec kunye nolunye ulwakhiwo, imveliso yobunjineli obuphambili bexesha.
Ngomthetho omkhulu kuye kwathiwa lo mzobo "ngumsebenzi ogqwesileyo ekuzobeni kwawo, umbala oncomekayo, kodwa nangcono kulwakhiwo oluhle kakhulu lwemifanekiso."