Mexico was home to wealthy landowners who ruled like medieval dukes over vast estates, keeping their workforce in poverty, deeply in debt and with barely enough produce basic necessity for survival. The sheer destruction wrought by ten years of war and chaos proved to be a source of profound inspiration for Mexican artists and writers which will be analyzed through the following inquiry question. How was the Mexican Revolution the main cause of the rise of different artistic movements in the first quarter of the 20th century? The internal search for national identity established conflicts before this event, therefore, in order to carry out an in-depth analysis, the research will focus on contextual information from 1910 until 1920. The ideals of the Mexican Revolution, forms of cultural expression dealing with the Mexican Revolution and how the conflict gave rise to a variety of new artistic movements will be studied through the use of credible websites, academic journals and books which provide original research and first-hand experience. Word Count: 168Part B: Summary of EvidenceNational Identity Conflicts before the Mexican Revolution Middle-class protest against the long-standing dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. Established a radical system in which elections were controlled while a handful of dominant families and their clients monopolized financial and political power in the provinces.1 The Díaz dictatorship oversaw the most rapid period of economic expansion and change vast and fastest in Mexican history. Led to mass dispossession of land and traditional rights.2Young men were subjected to the feared recruitment into the national army.3Lack of democracy in Mexico...... middle of paper ......the new artistic currents having been developed. Although the source lacks authenticity because it was not created by or within the Mexican consciousness, it nevertheless provided recognition of national identity through an unbiased perspective. For example, he asserts that the murals define the unique character of the nation and recognize Mexico's indigenous origin and the suffering of the natives at the hands of Spanish conquerors, while recognizing Mexico's collective history and culture. Another scholar might look at the Mexican Revolution and say that Mexico is a nation constantly marked by change due to frequent conflict, but the revolution was not only essential to the evolution of human rights and equality in the Mexico, but to some extent it laid the foundation for the successful implementation of artistic movements that did not have to adhere to an authority plan.