Liberation Of The Peon Diego Riveras Analysis

The two murals I chose were both painted by Diego Rivera around the same time period between 1923 and 1947 with the first, “Liberation of the Peon being painted in 1923 and the second “dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park” being painted from 1946-47. “Emiliano Zapata’s aim was to bring about agrarian reform and freedom to the poor and working class citizens. But how successful/how lasting was the influence of Zapata and/or agrarian reform on both the Mexican Revolution and present day Mexico. Both the murals I chose convey the same message but in different forms for instance “Liberation of the Peon” describes the conditions for the poor/ lower class citizens. Through both the imagery of what looks to be a bunch of men and there horse's freeing another man from a sake he's that he's tied to, and through …show more content…
Or more specifically, what he represents. The title liberation of the peon literally means freeing the poor and that's exactly what's depicted in the mural. While a “Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park” conveys the same message but tries to hide it among the midst of what looks to be a huge party. The Cientificos on the left side of the painting and what looks to be the rebels and the lower class of the right with conflict in the middle between what looks to be what could represent the army or the police and what looks like revolutionaries like Zapata and or Pancho Villa. “Liberation of the Peon” depicts a very bleak/ depressing day with its use of bland browns greys and yellows aside from the red of the blanket which to me symbolizes freedom that's both shown around the necks of the people freeing the peon and the blanket that they appear to be